Re: How to make an Ubuntu Firewall

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On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:49:07 +1000, David Symons wrote:

If you want to run your ubuntu PC as a firewall, as well as continuing to
use it as a workstation, then Firestarter would be one way to go.

I'm not really sure I would recommend Ubuntu for this purpose. Security
isn't really it's strength, usability is. For a firewall you don't really
care about usability, but security is a must.

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