ZeroConf in Ubuntu Edgy

[Martin Pitt]

Hi Ivan and all others,

Ivan Krstic [2006-07-03 14:22 -0400]:
> Patrick McFarland wrote:
> > its that Ubuntu doesn't have a useful firewall app. What I'd like to see is 
> > an actual useful GUI frontend for iptables, so I can add rules like "Block 
> > multicast" or "Block for this service on Internet hosts only."
> 
> This was bountied to Carsten Hey:
> 
>  https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/firewall
> 
> I'm unaware of the current status. Pitti, do you know if this is coming
> along? At UBZ, we actually had a BOF about comprehensive (per-package)
> firewalling, which is where I'd really like us to go eventually, in
> addition to a pretty UI.

Unfortunately I know as little as you. I pinged him three times now,
and he promised to get back to me and send a report, but that didn't
happen so far.

That's quite sad, the design and the initial code I have seen last
summer looked quite promising. Let's hope...

Martin

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