What does ubuntu use for a firewall?

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Brian Fahrlander wrote:
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> Knute Johnson wrote:
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>>> On Thursday 26 April 2007 09:15, Knute Johnson wrote:
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>>>> I just installed xubuntu and I'm looking for the firewall?
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>>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>     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)
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>     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.
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>     _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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>   
also note that some firewalls will give you options to automatically 
allow a process to execute with out permission by the super user (aka root).
--cj
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