What does ubuntu use for a firewall?

[Brian Fahrlander]

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Knute Johnson wrote:
>> On Thursday 26 April 2007 09:15, Knute Johnson wrote:
>>> I just installed xubuntu and I'm looking for the firewall?
>> That is somewhat like saying, "what is the best editor". There are many
>> choices. You can use iptables by itself or something like shorewall that
>> is a script that sets up iptables for you.
> 
> Thanks.  I thought that there must have been one installed when I 
> installed ubuntu.  I guess I'll just install iptables as I've used 
> that before.

    Linux tends to be pretty secure by itself; it doesn't come with open
holes, and if one slips in, patches are applied. (thus the default)

    All the suggestions you got are good; they all use iptables at their
core as far as I know, which means kernel-level protection, and that's good.

    _Inside_ a trusted zone...like your house, behind a firewall, you
probably won't need it. But if you use one, realize that you'll have to
open it to get things...like remote printing...to work.


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