Firewall configuration under Ubuntu 8.04

[Anna EdwARds]

If you need a firewall, i would think it should be common sense to put it in the base machine.

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--- Original Message ---
Date: Sat Apr 26 11:13:42 PDT 2008
From: Mario Vukelic 
To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
	not for general discussions" 
Subject: Re: Firewall configuration under Ubuntu 8.04
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On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 21:04 +0300, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> I have installed 8.04 under VMware. Is there any simple GUI way to
> configure the firewall?
> 
> In 7.10 I am using firestarter. I think in 8.04 the firewall has
> changed. Is firestarter still suitable?

Is there a particular reason for why you want to run a firewall? I'm
asking because in the default install, no remotely exploitable services
run besides DHCP, and thus a firewall doesn't really buy you anything.

I don't know whether running a firewall inside the vm makes any sense at
all, maybe someone else can comment on that.

The new Ubuntu default firewall is ufw: 

It can only be configured from the command line. However, Linux
firewalls in general are just frontends to the kernel's iptables, and so
I can't see a reason why you shouldn't be able to run firestarter
instead of ufw, if you really need a firewall because you opened certain
ports.

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