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Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised

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On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 14:19:56 +0100
Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> wrote:

> Johnny <johnny@invalid.net>:
> 
> > This would be a good time for Cinnamon users to try Douane Firewall.
> > 
> > https://github.com/Douane/Douane/wiki/Compilation  
> 
> I would if there were a compiled download or better a PPA or better
> still, if it were in the Mint or Ubuntu repos.
> 
> Yrrah
> 

Maybe after this, they will add it to the repositories.

I have to admit, it's hard to get the Douane firewall working, and I
imagine most people just gave up.

It's amazing that someone smart enough to write a program like this,
can't properly explain how to install it, and get it working.

The first problem you run into during the manual installation is when
you are told to start the service with sudo service douane start.

Once you start the service, you have blocked access to the Internet,
and can't complete the rest of the installation, until you open a
terminal and enter the command sudo service douane stop.

Once you have completed the installation, you will find Douane is not
listed in the Menu.  You have to open the Menu Editor, and add it
manually.

I added it to Accessories, named it Douane, and added the start
command: douane-configurator.  Then I went to ~/Douane, found the icon
to use.

After all this, when you open the configurator and start the Douane
firewall, you will find that you get no dialog box asking which
programs you want to allow to access the Internet.  You are just
blocked from Internet access.

Then you have to go to ~/Douane/douane-configurator/douane,
you have to make autostart.py, dbus.py, and _init-.py executable.

Then when you start the firewall, and then start Firefox, you will get
a dialog box asking if you want to allow Firefox to access the Internet.

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2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised bleak_fire_ <penachew@yomomma.hot.invalid> - 2016-02-21 05:48 +0100
  Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2016-02-21 06:14 -0600
    Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> - 2016-02-21 14:19 +0100
      Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2016-02-21 10:22 -0600
        Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> - 2016-02-21 17:44 +0100
          Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Caver1 <caver1@inthemud.org> - 2016-02-21 11:58 -0500
  Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-02-21 08:43 -0500
    Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-02-21 14:06 +0000
      Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2016-02-21 09:37 -0500
        Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-02-21 16:06 +0000
  Re: 2/20/16 Linux Mint downloads compromised Yrrah <Yrrah-aolm@aolm.invalid> - 2016-02-21 17:40 +0100

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