What is wrong with firestarter?

[Derek Broughton]

Carl Friis-Hansen wrote:

> Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
>> Is it correct that, if I just want to configure my firewall once and for
>> all, I could just install Firestarter (or one of the alternatives), do
>> my settings and, if my settings are good, uninstall Firestarter (or the
>> alternative) and never have to use it again, unless I have to change my
>> settings?
> In a way yes. However, when you uninstall firestarter you would normally
> also remove the scripts /etc/init.d/firestarter and
> /etc/firestarter/firestarter.sh which sets up the package filtering at
> boot time.

You can however, you "iptables-save" before uninstalling firestarter or
other gui (it might even use it, itself), remove the firewall gui, then
setup an initscript to run iptables-restore at every boot.
-- 
derek