Thank you, Hew, for the insight. I don't, and won't, use ufw as my router's protection has not failed me so far. I note your comments re Azureus/Vuze and ports; I have tried Deluge and it has no problem. I think I might switch. I tried Transmission some time ago and recently to confirm that I just was not getting the speed that I get wit Azureus or Deluge. Many thanks for your help. David
On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 18:18 +1100, Hew McLachlan wrote: > I think it's best that no firewall is applied by default. For example, a > firewall on each computer of a home network would be an unnecessary > complication, as a firewall at the router provides sufficient security > for the whole network in most cases. > > I am not sure about your Azureus / Vuze problem, but I would think it's > a problem specifically with that program. Since ports are open already, > there is no need to "reset" or "re-open" them. If you want to use a > firewall to have ports closed by default, you use use ufw (uncomplicated > firewall) which is very simple to use and set up rules for. There is > even the gufw GUI available for it. > > If you're after an easy to use torrent program, you might be better off > with Transmission, which is the default now for Ubuntu installations. > Hopefully that won't have the same strange port issues. > > Regards, > Hew McLachlan > > David Ryder wrote: > > Thanks Hew, > > Wouldn't it be better if they reverted to being closed - if so, how can > > one do that apart from complicated rules for mail, firefox etc? > > > > The reason I asked originally was because whenever I close Azureus, when > > I next open it the port I was using is no longer available. > > > > Can I write a script that would run to reset the port when Azureus is > > re-opened, thus making it available again? I'm not savvy on port > > opening/closing despite having tried to find info on it. > > > > Many thanks, > > David -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
