Public bug reported: Binary package hint: ubuntu-docs
Just looking at some of the documentation. Came across this page : https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/keeping- safe/C/firewall.html I have a few concerns about this information. First the default firewall is iptables and I think we should point out firestarter and other tools are for configuration. Second, the default config tool is now ufw, gufw if you want a GUI config tool. Installing firestarter conflicts with ufw, so at a minimum ufw needs to be removed. (Failure of firestarter due to conflicts with ufw are frequent of the forums). Examples: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=795472 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1009441 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1157663 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1060135 Firestarter is showing it's age : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1127005 Third, IMO, Firestarter is out dated. The project is not longer maintained and is showing it's age. I do not believe we should be advising firestarter, rather we should at least mention iptables and then follow through with information on ufw (for servers) and gufw (desktops). While on the subject of iptables - may I suggest we review the documentation for configuring iptables ? Yes there are tools to configure iptables, but honestly it takes as long to learn iptables as it does to say use guarddog or shorewall. IMO it would be nice to make the documentation on iptables as new user friendly as possible, possibly an introductory page on networking , network protocols, and ports ? Hopefully the introductory page can be basic enough that it applies to all firewall config tools. People install these things and then have no idea what to do with them : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1007968 :) bodhi.zazen ** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- Firestarter is outdated https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/377039 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
