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Photos Spotlight: Firestarter firewall for Linux

By Jack Wallen

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Photos Spotlight: Firestarter firewall for Linux

Installing

Installing

Installing Firestarter is as simple as searching for “firestarter” (no quotes) in your Add/Remove Software utility.

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Photos Spotlight: Firestarter firewall for Linux

First run

First run

When you first run Firestarter you will be taken through an initial setup Wizard. In this screen you select the networking device you want to use.

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Photos Spotlight: Firestarter firewall for Linux

Start

Start

The last step of the setup wizard is to start the firewall and save the configuration.

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By Jack Wallen
Jack Wallen is an award-winning writer for TechRepublic, The New Stack, and Linux New Media. He's covered a variety of topics for over twenty years and is an avid promoter of open source. For more news about Jack Wallen, visit his website jackwallen.