Network problems

[Lucio M Nicolosi]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Lucio M Nicolosi <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Although Ubuntu comes loaded with iptables, the core of any firewall,
>> if no rules are set it "doesn't work". Gufw is just a graphic
>> interface to iptables that enables easy handling of rules. [ ]
>
> For the sake of future googlers: it isn't that the firewall doesn't
> work on a default Ubuntu install, it's that there are no rules loaded;
> gufw is a graphical front-end of ufw, which is itself a front-end
> (with rule syntax similar to one of the BSDs) to iptables.

I'm sure future googlers will be able to read the entire paragraph and
also grab the meaning of " " in a sentence.

Anyway, the year is ending, Summer Sosltice has just passed, soon it
will feel incredibly hot and it is time to celebrate, not to rant...
Happy Hollydays...

L.

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L M Nicolosi, Eng.
Ubuntu AMD64
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