OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu?
Edward Dekkers
edward at tripled.iinet.net.au
Wed May 11 07:25:41 UTC 2005
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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