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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 -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Wed Nov 10 15:19:46 GMT 2010
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