Firewall with Ubuntu

[Joseph]

Sandy Harris wrote:
> Rashkae <ubuntu at tigershaunt.com> wrote:
> 
>>  The previous poster, was, unfortunately, giving very misleading advice.
>>   Ubuntu install with no firewall whatsoever.
> 
> Right. Iptables is there but in the default setup, it is configured to accept
> everythng.
> 
>>  That's not quite as bad as it sounds, because Ubuntu also installs with
>>  absolutely no services or software configured to accept connections from
>>  the network, ...
>>
>>  All Linux firewalls, to my knowledge, ultimately, are front ends for
>>  iptables.  ...
>>
>>  If, however, you are more interested in getting a perfectly suitable
>>  firewall for most common home and small office up with no fuss, I would
>>  suggest installing firestarter.  This gives you a simple to use GUI to
>>  configure the firewall.
> 
> Also consider putting a router of some sort between your network
> and the rest of the world, set up as a firewall. This protects your
> whole network and reduces the load for firewalling on other
> machines. Of course, you should still try to set all machines up
> to be secure, but this makes errors there less risky.
> 
> It is not really all that hard to build a router out of a scrap PC with
> two ethernet cards, but for much less hassle, buy one from
> Dlink, Linksys, Aloha or any of a half-dozen other companies.
> Most are little Linux systems, running on an ARM or some such,
> with a built-in firewall function based on iptables. They are cheap,
> and dead easy to administer.
> 


Yes, I already have a Lynksys 5 port router/hub and I use it.  Definitely what I need is dead 
easy...   <grimace>