[Wolves] twisted firestarter - more ubuntu questions

[Rob Annable]

On 10/10/05, Stuart Langridge <sil at kryogenix.org> wrote:
> > Simple question. When I boot up Ubuntu I can choose to open the admin
> > controls for the firewall by opening Firestarter.
> >
> > Is the firewall running in the background without that being open? If
> > not, how can I make sure it is? The interface on firewall seems to
> > suggest that I'm naked until I get that up and running.
>
> It *ought* to be running. Best way to find out: block some ports with
> Firestarter and test them from another machine...
>
> Aq.
>

Good idea, I'll try that tonight. What worries is me is that if I'm
using firestarter to specify policies, surely they won't be in place
if it's not running?

Rob

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