mobility and firewall

[Lance Lassetter]

On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 22:56 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 12:41:24AM -0500, Lance Lassetter wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 17:20 -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > > Here's a link to some previous work on a specification for a firewall
> > > for Ubuntu:
> > > 
> > > http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/Firewalls
> > > 
> > > Feel free to send your ideas to the folks who worked on it.
> > 
> > I think if ubuntu wants to achieve better laptop support some sort of
> > basic security system should be in place besides 'no open ports'.  As
> > laptops are so mobile and connecting to so many unknown networks.  Why not
> > take advantage of Netfilter's excellent stateful packet inspection?
> > Shouldn't this be of higher priority?
> 
> When you consider the quantity of feature ideas available which would
> improve Ubuntu, and the relatively small amount of development resources we
> have at our disposal, it's clear that we can't do everything we would like.
> Priority will always be subjective and vary according to individual needs.
> 
> The Firewalls proposal, like most of the other remaining Ubuntu
> specifications, is available for funding as a bounty arrangement, open to
> anyone from the community who is capable of implementing it.
> 
> -- 
>  - mdz
> 

hi,  http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/Firewalls seems a bit complicated
targeting multiple groups/machines.  what about a subsection just for
laptop users connecting to multiple networks?

lance(stuNNed)