Linked by Andrew Youll on Sat 9th Jul 2005 11:54 UTC, submitted by Martin
If you use Linux a good deal, you should know how to set up a firewall to help protect your system and your network. This tutorial will guide you through the steps you should take in order to makes IPTables work for you.
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2005-07-08
Firestarter is nice, especially for desktop users or those new to Linux as it is GUI-based and easy to configure. I often install it first after a new Linux installation when I want a working firewall up fast. The firewall included in Bastille is nice and relatievly easy too.
One small Firestarter downside is that it depends on many GTK/GNOME/X components. For example, if there's no need for Gnome or even X, or one would have to remove some X or Gnome libraries (maybe because of dependency problems etc.), the dependencies may cause Firestarter to be removed too.
Server/expert users may need more configurability and flexibility too. For them something like FireHOL would probably be good.