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Howto: Setup a Software Firewall in Linux using Firestarter
Posted on February 20th, 2008 at 6:41 amIntroduction
One of the great features included in Linux is the IPtables firewall. Unfortunately, its command-line use is rather complex, and it can be intimidating for even experienced Linux users to configure it. Firestarter is a friendly graphical interface that allows you to configure a software firewall in Linux using the built-in IPtables/IPchains utilities.
Installation
Installing Firestarter is simple; it’s contained in most distribution’s repositories. In Ubuntu and Debian-based distributions, Firestarter can be installed by running:
sudo apt-get install firestarter
from the command line. This will install Firestarter and all necessary dependencies.
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