FIREWALL STUFF

[Maurice Murphy]

Many thanks, Jean-François. I have added a comment to an existing bug 
report against Firestarter.

I have also tried gksudo instead of sudo. Unfortunately, all I get is 
the first Gnome-Lokkit screen. As soon as I click the next button, the 
screen disappears and nothing else happens. I will do some more research 
to see if anyone else has this problem.

Please note that your namesake thinks that, without a firewall, I'm 
exposing my machines to grave danger. I'm behind a router. Perhaps that 
will help protect me?

Thanks again to both J-Fs. Maurice

Jean-François Gagnon Laporte wrote:
> On 2/21/07, Maurice Murphy <m1625 at rogers.com> wrote:
>   
>> I first of all tried Firestarter that comes installed with the Edgy
>> package.  Unfortunately it seems to have some sort of a bug.  It also
>> gums up my home network.
>>     
>
> You might want to search on Malone to see if you are not alone in this
> if not it would be helpful if you could submit a bug report.
>
>   
See here for more : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
>   
>> So I removed Firestarter using Synaptic and
>> loaded Gnome-Lokkit.  My question is, how do I set this up?  I see no
>> menu item.  When I try running it via alt-F2 (sudo gnome-lokkit) run, I
>> sometimes get what looks like a gnome-lokkit screen.  If I click the
>> Next button, the screen disappears and nothing else happens.
>> Suggestions anyone please?  Many thanks, Maurice
>>     
>
> You might want to look at
> http://security.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/06/26/1556259&tid=13&tid=35
>
> Moreover, when you want to run a gnome GUI app with elevated
> privileges it is better to use "gksudo" instead of sudo. For an
> explanation why see http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo
>
>   
>> PS Perhaps I don't even need a firewall?
>>
>>     
> On my workstations, I personnaly don't but I audit my computers to see
> which port is open and why. AFAIK, Ubuntu as a long standing policy of
> a "no port opens by default" so you should be safe nevertheless.
>
> Hopes this helps,
>
> JF
>
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