Is FireStarter 0.9.2 Good?

vi0lat0r · 03-18-2004, 03:51 PM

I have just installed FireStarter 0.9.2 and as soon as I activated it the log started growing. I must have been getting a million hits on port 1486!

Is FireStarter a good firewall, or is there on even better?

Is port 1486 safe to block?

Are there are any other ports I should be aware / concerned of and block?

Thanks,
-Thomas

Santas · 03-22-2004, 04:57 PM

I use it and i think is a good firewall, i haven't got any problems with it. People say that is better configure your own iptables, but if you don't know how it's a good idea use firestarter.

MadTurki · 03-23-2004, 12:00 PM

I've only being using Linux for about 8 months - I know very very little about Iptables. I started using Firestarter and it was great. Blocked out everything I didnt want, nice GUI, easy to use, the only thing I had problems with was port forwarding. Opening ports was easy, forwarding just didnt seem to want to work. In my opinion it's good for a starter or newb and if you can make it forward ports let me know