Firewall with Ubuntu
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Apr 2 13:49:11 UTC 2008
Joseph wrote:
> I wasn't aware of that. So with all due respect, what is the
> difference between the one that's already programs into Ubuntu and the
> front end firewall program?<br>
> I'm just curious why anything else would be offered by Ubuntu is what
> they have is absolutely enough.<br>
Please don't post in html.
I haven't read the article, but the "default" in Ubuntu is not a firewall
(though iptables is there and available) - it's to not leave any ports
open.
Once you start opening ports for various services, it becomes more useful to
configure iptables.
--
derek
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