Firewall failing to start

[wbutchart]

Hi up until today my ubuntu (8.04) was loading with the graphical loading screen. Now it loads with the text stuff. Everything is ok apart from it says it has failed to start firestarter firewall. Does this mean my computer is now open to hacking? does anyone know how to fix this problem? thanks.

[cariboo907]

Firestarter is no longer supported it is avised to use ufw which is installed by default to enable it in a terminal:

ufw enable

For more info about ufw see:

man ufw

If you haven't installed any servers you should be ok. to check for open ports go to System-->Administration-->Network Tools-->Scan
type in localhost and click the scan button. IF you have no extra servers running you should only see port 631 open. It is needed for the cups printing system and only be accessed from your computer by default.

Jim

[hyper_ch]

firestarter is no firewall

and very likely you don't even need to play around with the firewall anyway.

[wbutchart]

If thats the case then why has the start up changed from graphical to test. Its as if my ubuntu is trying to alert me to the failure. Why the sudden start up change?.

[Titan8990]

Did you recently install KVM or vmware w/ networking?