Re: [Gnewsense-dev] gNS 3 | the ufw firewall is not install & not present in aptitude

[Karl Goetz]

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:01:36 +0200
Lars Nooden <address@hidden> wrote:

> Karl Goetz wrote:
> > It was written for Ubuntu (IIRC by a canonical person), its not in
> > Debian stable/metad.
> > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=ufw
> 
> The more pieces there are, the greater the probability that at any
> given time one of them is broken or misconfigured.  Instead of
> creating yet another layer of complexity, ufw, there are two things
> to consider:
> 
> 1a) the needs of intermediate users, specifically those that have
> learned shell scripting, could be met by updating Rusty Russell's
> IPTables Tutorial:

They don't have to use ufw.

> 
> 2) If a 'default' firewall is needed one way to do that while still
> using tools that are part of the basic system would be to use either a
> regular systemv or upstart script.  That would be one way to provide a

Imo, if we need a default firewall, somethings gone very wrong.

> 
> Regards,
> /Lars


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