Comments on: Secure Ubuntu Desktop Using Firestarter Firewall

By: Giampiero

Giampiero — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:29:44 +0000

Hello, I installed Firestart on Lubuntu and I get an error message, after running it, saying that the log file is missing. Can I create it myself using the touch command? If so, what is the file name and the exact location? MAny thanks!

By: hide your ip

hide your ip — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:09:50 +0000

Both the proxy and the PPTP will be leaking out your IP address to anyone who wants to find it and has basic knowledge. Neither PPTP or Proxies are secure by modern standards.

By: WayneE

WayneE — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:44:12 +0000

What about allowing a VPN passthrough?

By: k.koshy

k.koshy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:26:27 +0000

Hey man your are the best I am just a beginner with ubuntu and with guys like you helping out I love this windows sux…compared to the speed and flexibility of linux……thanx again bro

By: chucknoz

chucknoz — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:47:28 +0000

A big thanks

Ubuntu n00b here, and this helped greatly.

By: Yorick

Yorick — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:37:29 +0000

Thanks for this man! awesome:-)

By: Admin

Admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:13:55 +0000

you need to make sure you have enabled universe and multiverse repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list file and then update the source list file using the following command

sudo apt-get update

and install firestarter

sudo apt-get install firestarter

By: Samuel Murray

Samuel Murray — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:58:28 +0000

The line:

sudo apt-get install firestarter

does this:

Password:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Couldn’t find package firestarter

but thanks anyway.

By: robert

robert — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 07:05:28 +0000

- im using firestarter in my ubuntu, i plug a third NIC for a new network, how do you allow firestarter not to block the 3rd NIC.

By: TusharG

TusharG — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:17:00 +0000

Thanks a lot for in depth tutorial along with the screen shots. I was bit hesitant about using a GUI tool for iptables/Firewall…. but looking at you post and following it really helped… and after using it for week now I’m fully convinced

Keep up the good work.

-TusharG