Photos Spotlight: Firestarter firewall for Linux

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Photos Spotlight: Firestarter firewall for Linux

By Jack Wallen August 27, 2009, 1:27 AM PDT

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Photos Spotlight: Firestarter firewall for Linux

Installing

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

For a full review, check out the TechRepublic Product Spotlight Blog.

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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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Start

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

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