For the Linux operating system there are plenty of possibilities when it comes to firewalls. One possible option is Firestarter (You can read my “introductory” article “Firestarter: Simple to use desktop firewall” for an example of one such tool). You could also get very granular with the command line tool iptables. Of course most administrators [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Sep 15th, 2009
- Comments: 6
Firestarter: Simple to use, powerful desktop firewall
Every PC needs protection. Even though the Linux operating system has a reputation for being nearly crack-proof, it is irresponsible to assume this true. Any operating system connected to a network is vulnerable in some way or other and having as much protection as you can is the only way to use a computer intelligently.
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