udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/Firewalls

[Lance Lassetter]

On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 15:01 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> All this chatter about firewalls, but nothing has been added to 
> http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/Firewalls.  Will the people who care about this please 
> figure out what is important and post it.  and please focus on defining the 
> problem - that seems to be the biggest problem with this thread.
> 
> I think this thread should be focused on improving that wiki page and what should 
> be added or removed from it.  I believe it is the wiki page that will drive a 
> change in Ubuntu, not a long thread.
> 
> Currently there is:
> 
> <quote>
> Scope and Use Cases:
> 
> Charles wishes to protect his machine, which is directly on the Internet, from 
> attackers. He wishes to be able to continue to use his peer-to-peer clients.
> 
> William wishes to enable his machine, which is directly conected to the Internet, 
> to serve web pages to his friends, whilst remaining protected otherwise.
> 
> Harry wishes to share the connection on his computer to the rest of his family.
> </quote>
> 
> I believe the current Ubuntu install covers all 3 of these, so as it stands, 
> nothing more is needed.  However, the "Rationale" section of the wiki page implies 
> otherwise.  Some of the posts in this "mobility and firewall" thread suggest that 
> there are more use cases, which might justify the Rationale.
> 
> 
> Carl K
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Okay I added something to the wiki regarding laptop users.

Thanks Carl.

Lance