Re: [Firestarter-user] firestarter stops when logout?

[Robert L. <rc...@dr...>]

The Firestarter graphical user interface only serves as a way to set up
the underlying Linux firewall (called iptables) and monitor its status.
Once you configure Firestarter, iptables runs in the background at all
times. After that, the Firestarter GUI is only needed if you want to
make a change. When you logout, iptables is still protecting your
computer.

--Robert Lange



On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:14 -0600, Edgar Guadamuz wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> 
> I'm using firestarter as my firewall, but I have a doubt: when I
> logout of the system, firestarter stops, because of it's a user-level
> program that runs on X, isn't it? How can I protect my system when I
> logout??