Bad security! (firewall)

[mh4]

Janne Karhunen OpenSuse developer wrote: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006 ... 03786.html

"I ran Kubuntu Edgy on few systems for a week. Was really
pleasantly surprised, altough few things really amazed me:
- It's a desktop system in year 2006 that does not ship with
any sort of netfilter (firewall) rules by default. This is huge.
We need to keep the image of Linux as a secure system!
Even if no services are actually enabled attack vector is
still considerably bigger. Packets make it all the way to the
protocol stack (versus prerouting hook)."

[scorp123]

Janne Karhunen OpenSuse developer wrote: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006 ... 03786.html

"I ran Kubuntu Edgy on few systems for a week. Was really
pleasantly surprised, altough few things really amazed me:
- It's a desktop system in year 2006 that does not ship with
any sort of netfilter (firewall) rules by default. ....

What do you need a firewall for on a Linux desktop installation with no exploitable network services running??

[jars_u]

A firewall is certainly more of a Windows then a Linux necessity but I know I feel naked without firewall and anti-virus software installed because of conditioning caused by years of bad Windows security. Perhaps it's just psychological peace of mind but I think new Linux users would feel more secure with both pre-configured. I suggest Firestarter and ClamAV. See