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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