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Easy firewall setup for Ubuntu.

Posted on 6:40 PM by syah nooraiman

This is the easy way to setup a firewall in linux, in case you afraid someone might hack into your computer. Well, unlike Mac OS X 10.5.2 which were hacked in 2 minute flat, ubuntu distribution are pretty secure out o the box. And if you wanna secure it more, just apply this firewall installation.


sudo apt-get install firestarter
Well, after installing, open it in Application > Internet > Firestarter. It got a nice GUI. And you can customize the connection that you desire.


Nice looking GUI

You can add some policy if you want to restrict connection