Two things missing from Ubuntu - Backup and Firewall - can we have them in Horay

[Ben Novack]

As it ships, Ubuntu doesn't listen on any ports, so a firewall is
unneccessary. If you need one for some program - a server, perhaps -
you can install it easily enough through Synaptic.

That said, I do agree that a good backup program would be appropriate.


On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 00:12:30 +0000, Ben Edwards <funkytwig at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have to say Ubuntu is almost the perfect Desktop distro, apart from
> two ommisions - User Friendly Firewall and a User friendly Backup
> solution.  so lets deal with each.
> 
> Backup
> 
> I recently put a backup system in place to copy /home to a DVD-RW
> every nite.  I used a series of DVDs with eatch day of the week
> written on them.  The backup run at 4am and eatch morning they would
> come in, remove the disk from last nite (which is ejected) and replace
> it with the relevant disk.  Every week the Friday disk is taken off
> site and kept - and replaced with a new dist.  I am emailed the
> results.
> 
> This is a very simple effective solution but fiddly to set up (I use
> dar, cdrecord and makeiso and set up a cron job).  What we really need
> is a GUI which allows the user to select a backup strategy, gives them
> instructions and just works.  Douse such a thing exist and can we have
> one in Ubuntu?
> 
> This may be a desktop distro but lots of people are using it as such
> stand alone - dragging/drooping /home onto the window that popes up
> when you insert a DVD is hardly a elegant solution, for a start the
> DVD may need to be blanked.
> 
> Firewall
> 
> Antivirus may not be necessary but a firewall is.  A lot of people
> have them built into there router but not all.  My very cheap wireless
> router (£35) has one and it comes set up in a sensible way by default.
>  It would be great if Ubuntu had one by default.  Again as a stand
> alone desktop distro people may connect it to a cable modem or DSL
> router which douse not have a Firewall.  Myself I use Telewest in the
> UK and it comes with RJ45 cable modem without a firewall and I own a
> budget DSL router without one.
> 
> Ben
> 
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