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Re: [LUG] Firestarter on Debian

 

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 03:01:14PM +0000, John wrote:
> 
> Just a suggestion but rather than using Firestarter which is just a
> frontend to IPtables you could have  quick peek at ufw if its available
> for your distro, it is a console front end to IPTables.
> 
> I've found it easier to use than a GUI interface for a while now, it is
> as simple as :
> 
> sudo ufw allow 8080
> or
> sudo ufw deny 80/tcp
> or
> sudo ufw allow ssh
> 
> sudo ufw status
> Shows existing rules
> 
> Its often quicker than doing the same thing in a GUI has been my
> experience.
> 
Been meaning to look at command line firewalls for a while now. Thanks for
the tip: it seems a lot easier than the gui


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