Firestarter

Firestarter is an Open Source visual firewall program. The software aims to combine ease of use with powerful features, therefore serving both Linux desktop users and system administrators.

Features:
* Open Source software, available free of charge
* User friendly, easy to use, graphical interface
* A wizard walks you through setting up your firewall on your first time
* Suitable for use on desktops, servers and gateways
* Real-time firewall event monitor shows intrusion attempts as they happen
* Enables Internet connection sharing, optionally with DHCP service for the clients
* Allows you to define both inbound and outbound access policy
* Open or stealth ports, shaping your firewalling with just a few mouse clicks
* Enable port forwarding for your local network in just seconds
* Option to whitelist or blacklist traffic
* Real time firewall events view
* View active network connections, including any traffic routed through the firewall
* Advanced Linux kernel tuning features provide protection from flooding, broadcasting and spoofing
* Support for tuning ICMP parameters to stop Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
* Support for tuning ToS parameters to improve services for connected client computers
* Ability to hook up user defined scripts or rulesets before or after firewall activation
* Supports Linux Kernels 2.4 and 2.6
* Translations available for many languages (38 languages as of November 2004)http://www.fs-security.com/
Posted on May 31st, 2014

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