@Jamie I agree that this is not a security bug in the traditional sense. However, it does amount to something like a social engineering attack, in the sense that it can easily cause the computer to run without a firewall due to user inaction.
I often switch between from using my laptop at home on a wired network (on a USB adaptor), to using it at my local pub on wi-fi. I have lost count of the number of times I have forgotten to both shut down the running firestarter and restart it (so it actually sees the new interface), and then go into preferences and switch firestarter to the new interface. The firewall remains inactive from the moment the machine connects to the network until firestarter is reconfigured to use the new interface. This leaves the machine vulnerable to attack from anything monitoring RIP or similar for new connections to the network. Since Firestarter isn't designed for systems with more than one internet connection, this isn't even a bug; it's technically more of a feature request. But the lack of this feature makes Ubuntu systems vulnerable to attack every time they connect to a network using firestarter. So I for one would categorise this ticket as a "serious missing security feature", and would be very happy to see it resolved, particularly as it shouldn't involve much work for someone who knows the code. -- Firestarter should switching automatically https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/374858 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
