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I want to disable the default firewall which I guess is ufw? Actually I want to remove it and use a different firewall I found in software manager, what all do I need to remove so I can use a different firewall?

The easiest way is to open a terminal and enter
Then enter your password and ufw will be erased.

If you are hesitant to use the terminal, open Synaptic Package Manager, enter ufw in the quick search box, click on the entry, and select "Mark for Complete Removal". Click "Apply" and click "Apply" again in the "Summary" window and ufw will be removed along with gufw (the gui).

superb, thank you!

Wondering if UFW is the only firewall on Linux Mint ?
I am trying to just use FireStarter, but if I can't get connections to work can it be iptables etc ? some other firewall ?

Thanks

ufw is a configuration utility for iptables, and it is disabled by default in Ubuntu and Mint.

If UFW is activated, then this link will tell you how to shut it down:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW

My understanding is that FireStarter is a more powerful GUI alternative to UFW.

Garvan

It sounds to me like, even after removing ufw I could still have connection issues as iptables is still running, right ?

Thanks.

netfilter and iptables are always running. I'm not sure you can run Linux without iptables running.

ufw creates rules that are applied to iptables when ufw is running. They do not become part of iptables permanently. So one would create rules using ufw and then have them applied at every boot by issuing a: If you don't want the rules created by ufw applied to iptables at every boot then issue a: There's really no need to purge your system of ufw - just disable it.

One caution about Firestarter: Firestarter has in the past always interfered with Samba in unexpected ways. Even removing it was a troublesome task. It is also no longer maintained ( just repackaged ) and hasn't been updated since the Eisenhower administration ( that might be a slight exaggeration ) .

Actually the application I am having issues connecting to is MySQL...
Samba seems to be working fine, it's a shame about firestarter, it's one of the best firewall configs I've seen, in simplicity of course,
I am a programmer, I don't want to have to go get a degree in security just to get MySQL connected lol !

Thanks Altair !

So how do we manage netfilter & iptables for consistancy assuming they exist ?,
because I (# service iptables status) and got "netfilter: unrecognized service"...
same with iptables, they don't exist according to Mint,

Thanks

Iptables..setups..
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki ... g_iptables
https://blogs.oracle.com/patrice/entry/ ... l_on_linux

Mysql connection string..
http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp/9/4/1

Part of the problem is that I'm almost sure I am fighting two problems at once I need to isolate the issues,

Any way to disable iptables ?
Do iptables still run off of hosts.allow files ?

As I understand it, firestarter and ufw regulate traffic only while the gui's are running, right ?

Thanks

have you tried to create your own iptables.rules?