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A graphical interfaced Open Source firewall for Linux.

Firestarter is an application which provides a graphical interface for quickly configuring firewall rules and settings (policies). Firestarter itself is not a firewall, rather, it is a frontend for configuring iptables, which is the firewall system built into the Linux kernel. Firestarter also provides real-time monitoring of network traffic.

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How to forward an Internet connection to another network?

Can somebody please make a short & sweet tutorial telling how to forward an Internet connection to different network interfaces in Ubuntu...? This is the idea: I'm using a 3G usb modem to get Internet on my laptop ,which is: ppp0…
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Should I be using a firewall in Ubuntu?

Possible Duplicate: Why is the firewall disabled by default? I installed both gufw and Firestarter but I'm hesitant to activate one of them because I don't know too much about firewalls in general and I don't want to srew up VPN or P2P.
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Firestarter vs gufw after 2018?

Firestarter was a package available through Debian that showed active connections (and a few other features which gufw does not have). You could observe the log of attempts to connect and create rules to either block or allow similar connections by…
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Firestarter, Proxy and limited number of IP addresses to access

On my local network I have to setup Linux Ubuntu boxes, so users will be able to access only to few (2-3) domains. Also, all of those Linux Ubuntu boxes are behind Proxy. Tried to configure this using Firestarter, but I did not make it after several…
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Firestarter preventing Firefox accessing internet

I have recently had an issue with Firestarter preventing Firefox accessing the Internet. I have used Firestarter in the past with Hardy Heron and recently switched to Precise Pangolin. The policy settings I used with Hardy for Firestarter are:…
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How do I configure Firestarter to allow NetBIOS name lookups

When Firestarter is running (using default settings), I can't look up names of local Windows shared PCs (nmblookup fails with ERRNO=Operation not permitted). This also means I can't browse the shares with Nautilus. When I click the "stop" button,…
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Lubuntu and Firestarter

I've just switched from Ubuntu to Lubuntu and I have installed Firestarter. Is this advised? The reason I ask is because a whole load of Gnome related packages were also installed alongside Firestarter. As I understand it, Gnome is not part of…
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After installing Firestarter system doesn't automatically switch between wired and wireless network

I initially installed Firestarter to set up some thing in network and watch if connections to my computer work. I used wizard, which was definitely wrong decision. I use both cable (and occassionally share connection via wi-fi) and wi-fi often, and…
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Ubuntu 12.10 wireless internet not connecting to internet intel pentium dual x86

Everything has been working just fine then I installed firestarter and got an error saying that the firewall couldnt be started, so I changed the settings to wireless and it worked. I then logged off and had a good connection but was prompted to…
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How to turn off passwords?

When I start Firestarter, the firewall program asks for my password. How do I turn off my Firestarter password? I want Firestarter to start on computer startup but it won't because it's password protected.
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Firestarter exits after closing

I'm using Firestarter on Ubuntu 12.04. I configured Firestarter to run even after closing in the preferences menu. But still it exits after closing. It doesn't minimize to system tray.
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While browsing, why does my pc suddenly connect to sites using upper port numbers and unknown services?

Hello I'm a newbie; a while ago I was browsing thenation.com and then I noticed on the Firestarter status tab that I was connected to three hosts 91.189.92.191/176/181 on ports 44441 and 51501 (unknown services). Previously I only see http or https…
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How do I enable Firestarter to run at Ubuntu startup

Firestarter does not appear to have an option to enable it to run at Ubuntu startup. Is their a specific setting in Ubuntu that I need to edit to enable this?
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Many process named "su-to-root" appeared on my system monitor, is my computer owned?

Two process named gksu and two process named su-to-root appeared on my system monitor, is my computer owned? How can I be sure, and if this true, how can I rip out the intruder without full system reinstall? Where and which logs I should check, and…
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Firewall and virus software for Ubuntu 14.10

I've only used a window operating systems in my life. I just began using Ubuntu 14.10 about a week ago after my old Windows OS was corrupted. Using Ubuntu 14.10, how does change the firewall settings? I'm unable to locate the the old Firestarter…
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