An Ubuntu Firewall

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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On Mar 14, 2007, at 6:32 AM, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> ...
> The average user should not be in such a situation in which he needs a
> firewall. We are an OpenSource project, so you "can" trust the 
> software on your system.

<http://archive.canonical.com/dists/>
<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype>
<http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html>

> Furthermore there is the zero open port policy.

<http://urlx.org/wiki.ubuntu.com/108db>

> Firewalls in Windows are one the things that make using the Internet no
> fun for not-technical people.
> ...

Then don't design it as badly as the Windows one. ;-)

Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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