Firestarter (firewall)
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Firestarter | |
Firestarter window in GNOME 2.12 |
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Maintainer: | Firestarter developers |
Stable release: | 1.0.3 (January 29, 2005) [+/-] |
Preview release: | None (None) [+/-] |
OS: | GNU/Linux |
Use: | firewall |
License: | GPL |
Website: | fs-security.com |
Firestarter is a free and open source personal firewall tool that uses the Netfilter (iptables/ipchains) system built into the Linux kernel. Firestarter provides a graphical interface for configuring firewall rules and settings. It also provides real-time monitoring of all network traffic for the system. Firestarter also provides facilities for port forwarding, internet connection sharing and DHCP service.
Firestarter is licensed under the GNU General Public License.