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February 14, 2011

Firestarter Firewall for Linux: Policies

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This is the second of two posts about the Firestarter Firewall for Linux. The first, which includes download information, is here. The main Firestarter interface includes tabs for Status (discussed in the previous post linked above), Events, and Policy. The Events tab shows connection attempts blocked by the firewall; it can be refined under Edit–>Preferences–>Events. […]

February 12, 2011

Firestarter Firewall for Linux–First Run

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This is the first of two posts on the Firestarter firewall for Linux. See the note at the end of this post for information about getting Firestarter. Firestarter is the easiest Linux firewall front-end I’ve found. I’ve used it off-and-on since I loaded my first Linux box almost six years ago. Unlike many Windows firewall […]