Firetero 0.3 review

Firetero is a firewall for a single computer

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 1K Developer: Tero Karvinen

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Firetero is a firewall for a single computer. Default setup works for any workstation. For a server, sample configuration is available for most common daemons.

Here are some key features of "Firetero":
Easy to use: default configuration allows all client programs (browse web, send email...) but denies access to your computer from the Internet
Uses iptables syntax: no new language to learn, leverage your existing skills
Example configuration for
Servers: Web, SSH
Traffic shaping (initial support)
Uses standard /etc/init.d script and keeps configuration in standard place /etc/firetero
Code is troughoutly commented, easy to read and verify.
Creates human readable firewall (for example, ‘iptables -L’ output is readable)

Firetero is based on Karvinen 2003-2006: “Firewall for Single Host with Iptables”.