Re: Is Guarddog still the easiest and best firewall GUI program for Linux?

Date	2011-12-03 09:04 -0800
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Subject	Re: Is Guarddog still the easiest and best firewall GUI program for Linux?
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On 12/3/2011 2:10 AM PT, yamo' typed:

>> Is Guarddog still the best frontend GUI program to configure iptables
>> for firewalls in Linux (Debian) and average Linux desktop users?
>
> I don't know Guarddog, for using on a GUI I use firestarter.

Interesting. It looks good.

I have two questions since I didn't see the answers when quick glancing 
its documentations and screen shots: Does it prompt to allow/deny and 
customize in real-time when programs use the network? And does this 
program use iptables like Guarddog?
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