I did end up going with Firestarter, but I am having trouble configuring it. I don't understand any of the preference selections, and it has made it so I am unable to connect with the other computer in my house. If I want to get docs off the other machine I have to disable Firestarter, and retrieve the docs and re-start Firestarter. I have never had this trouble with my Windows based firewalls.
<br><br>Bruce<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Munro, LG, Mr <<a href="mailto:munrol@sun.ac.za">munrol@sun.ac.za</a>></b> <<a href="mailto:munrol@sun.ac.za">munrol@sun.ac.za
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<p><span style="color: black;">Hi Bruce</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;">Glad you didn't loose your O/S
with the smoothwall experiment. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;">Your selection of a firewall will
depend on your needs and skill level. If you require a site firewall,
linking various sites with VPN etc, smoothwall or IPcop on a dedicated machine
will be your answer. However, by the sound of it you only require
something for the edubuntu box. For the sake of simplicity I would recommend
firestarter. You can do everything in a nice GUI which is human understandable.
It modifies your iptables to your basic needs. You can find it in
Synaptic or do: </span></p><span class="q">
<p><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></p>
<p><i><span style="color: black;">sudo apt-get install
firestarter</span></i></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p></span>
<p><span style="color: black;">Once installed, you should find it
under the INTERNET sub menu with Firefox and the rest.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;">Many linux experts will advise you
to use shorewall (scripts) or get a good manual on iptables, but I believe for
your needs on a private network, Firestarter is the answer. Anything
else, consider a more complicated setup as mentioned.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;">Regards,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;">Laurence</span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">edubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce
Anderson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 04 May 2007 08:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> edubuntu-users<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Looking for a Firewall</span></p>
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<p>I just tried installing a firewall to my new system. I
had downloaded Smoothwall 2.0, when I tried to install it nothing happened
(thankfully). I discovered and read the installation instructions and
found out that it would have wiped my whole system. Now, I have 2
questions, how do you install stuff on a Linux machine? and can anyone
reccomend a good firewall, as I'm a bit gunshy now after the smoothwall
incident. </p>
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<p>Bruce</p>
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