Firewall Tool

[Brian McKee]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Verde Denim <tdldev at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a firewall tool for my personal Ubuntu 8.04.1. server.
> I've found a number of them in Synaptic, and have tried a few in the past
> (firehol, firestarter, and fwbuilder).
> I've heard that fwbuilder is the best of these, but I found it somewhat
> difficult to use.
> As a consensus of the community, should I continue to persevere with
> fwbuilder, or would a tool such as firestarter really suffice?

You may also consider the new 'ucw'
<http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com/2008/05/howto-take-use-setup-and-advantage-of.html>
 It's on my list of things to review closer.

While I haven't used it lately, I found firestarter didn't always do
what I expected - which isn't what I want in a firewall....

Brian