Recent changes to feature-requests

Start/stop in tray menu

2010-11-07T23:06:49Z

Please provide a start/stop functionality in the tray icon menu. For people using this as a desktop firewall that need to deactive it from time to time it will greatly improve the usability.

programmpath outgoiung config

2009-11-14T22:35:41Z

i propose for user they wont very restrictive firewall, with outgoing traffic set to denny and only allows case programms as vuze to allow only this software to internet connetction on whole outgoing portrange. If it possible with iptables

Failed to start if the systen has other than English/C LANG

2008-05-16T02:13:42Z

Firestarter does not recognize eth* interfaces as started because ifconfig run in system locale

This change fix the pitfall

diff /etc/firestarter/firestarter.sh.save
/etc/firestarter/firestarter.sh
14a15,16
> # Ensure that we are working in C locale
> export LANG=C

https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230166

crashes in src/scriptwriter.c

2007-08-30T20:38:30Z

moinmoin

i run version 1.0.3 and it crashes here

src/scriptwriter.c:498: fprintf (f, link->data);
src/scriptwriter.c:547: fprintf (f, link->data);

you mean fprintf (f, "%s", foo) and not just fprintf (f, foo)

Outbound policy: whitelist by destination

2007-06-25T04:41:29Z

Currently, when the outbound traffic policy is restrictive with whitelisting it seems one can either allow allow all connections to a host or allow a specific service originating from a host, but not only allow a service to a specific host or network.
I find it odd that the outbound rule dialog allows me to specify the network of the source, but not of the destination, which is what I would need.

Fedora 7

2007-06-20T04:13:32Z

Wondering if this project is still alive? Is there any plan to release Firestarter for any new distributions?

Notifications about blocked packages

2007-05-17T10:22:51Z

When policy is restrictive, it should show a notification about blocked packages in case there is no rule for this package. The Deny options should work for restrictive policy also. It can be implemented by to columns of checkbox to allow and deny.

I like you firewall and hope it will be better soon.

More info about blockedconnections and more fields for rules

2007-05-17T10:18:45Z

It is very needed to show both source and destination IP address and also the programm for blocked packaged. And rules shoudl also allow to determine source, destination and programm

More options for blocked events

2007-05-17T10:11:35Z

When some package is blocked, there shoudl be an option to allow outbound traffic. A window to adjust the settings for new rule will be usefull.

Many address ranges in non-routable are no longer reserved

2006-09-20T14:49:10Z

Many of the IP address ranges in firestarter's
non-routable list has lost the "IANA - Reserved" status
and are in use by various ISPs around the world.
Firestarter is thus blocking legitimate access.

Please, keep the list synchronized with
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space .

Thanks and regards.

Jan Kluka (name dot surname at gmail dot com)