OT: What's the deal with Ubuntu?

Claude Jones claude_jones at levitjames.com
Wed May 11 11:00:42 UTC 2005


On Wed May 11 2005 3:25 am, Edward Dekkers wrote:
> Claude Jones wrote:
> > 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

> Are you saying there's no iptables? THAT would be very scary.
>

No, I'm not saying that - iptables is there. And you could quickly code 
something, but that's not something a relative newcomer like myself would 
know how to do quickly. Kind of flies in the face of ubuntu's ease-of-use 
philosophy. I think I understand their thinking on it, but I still think it 
would be preferable to allow the user at least the basic security choices 
that FC does on install. 

-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA




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