Claude Jones wrote:
On Tue May 10 2005 9:37 am, John Summerfied wrote:
Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
Hi Everyone,
There's a lot of talk around the Linux camp about Ubuntu: why?
While I'm using FC3 atm, I'm happy to recommend Ubuntu or Kubuntu over
FC to newcomers.
It's easy to install, ............snip
Sort of against it are
1. One install CD.
2. Everything else is download.
3. Only the software on the install CD is formally supported.
You guys got me curious, so I installed it today
One BIG caveat - it installs with no firewall, and there is no readily
available one to configure should you need it, unless I missed it somehow - I
did find a reference to the fact that they do this purposefully, but with a
pretty cryptic explanation as to why - since the machine I was testing on is
right on the net, this was a bit disconcerting...the system GUI to configure
basic protection was not there - I tried downloading and installing
Firestarter, but couldn't get it going - FWBuilder wasn't available as a
regular package - Shorewall was, but, time ran out and I gave up. I did like
the way some things worked right out of the installation, such as Samba,
but...
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA
Are you saying there's no iptables? THAT would be very scary.
Surely you can do some raw iptables firewall coding?
Regards,
Ed.
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