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Fixme network is not firewalled. If you connect to ''FIXME'' or ''FIXME-5GHz'' WiFi networks, you'll get a public IP address and your machine will be exposed to Internet. If you connect to ''FIXME_NAT'', you won't have a public address, but it is however good practice to install a firewall.
== Linux ==
You can use [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW UFW • Uncomplicated Firewall], the default firewall configuration tool for Ubuntu (disable by default on Ubuntu). [http://gufw.tuxfamily.org GUFW] is a very nice and simple GUI for ufw.
If you chose GUFW, you have to click on the ''Unlock'' button after starting the GUI, then check ''Activate'' or push the ''Status'' slider to the ''On'' position. The default configuration (Incoming: Deny; Outgoing: Allow) is a good start for beginners, and contrary to what it claims, critical service messages will still be able to reach your machine, as well as incoming packets for which you established the connexion (it is a stateful firewall).
You can use <code>iptables -L</code> to list enforced rules.
Use <code>netstat -laputen | grep -i listen</code> to know which services are listening on which interface/port. If you activated the firewall, listening ports might not be reachable unless you configured your firewall to accept incoming connection to these services.
You can use ''nmap'' from another computer to determine whether there still are open ports on your machine after the firewall is configured:
* <code>nmap -sS ''<IP Address>''</code> will scan the specified IP Address for low-range ports (<1024).
* <code>nmap -p- ''<IP Address>''</code> will scan all the ports of the machine behind the given IP Address.
== Windows ==
Since Windows XP, a firewall is included in Windows. However, until Windows XP SP2 it was disabled by default. An unconfigured Windows Firewall denies inbound connections and allows outbound connections.
There are more complete and free (i.e. gratis) solutions. You can find some of theme on a [http://lifehacker.com/5061933/five-best-windows-firewalls rather old article of Lifehacker] or on Google.
== Linux ==
You can use [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW UFW • Uncomplicated Firewall], the default firewall configuration tool for Ubuntu (disable by default on Ubuntu). [http://gufw.tuxfamily.org GUFW] is a very nice and simple GUI for ufw.
If you chose GUFW, you have to click on the ''Unlock'' button after starting the GUI, then check ''Activate'' or push the ''Status'' slider to the ''On'' position. The default configuration (Incoming: Deny; Outgoing: Allow) is a good start for beginners, and contrary to what it claims, critical service messages will still be able to reach your machine, as well as incoming packets for which you established the connexion (it is a stateful firewall).
You can use <code>iptables -L</code> to list enforced rules.
Use <code>netstat -laputen | grep -i listen</code> to know which services are listening on which interface/port. If you activated the firewall, listening ports might not be reachable unless you configured your firewall to accept incoming connection to these services.
You can use ''nmap'' from another computer to determine whether there still are open ports on your machine after the firewall is configured:
* <code>nmap -sS ''<IP Address>''</code> will scan the specified IP Address for low-range ports (<1024).
* <code>nmap -p- ''<IP Address>''</code> will scan all the ports of the machine behind the given IP Address.
== Windows ==
Since Windows XP, a firewall is included in Windows. However, until Windows XP SP2 it was disabled by default. An unconfigured Windows Firewall denies inbound connections and allows outbound connections.
There are more complete and free (i.e. gratis) solutions. You can find some of theme on a [http://lifehacker.com/5061933/five-best-windows-firewalls rather old article of Lifehacker] or on Google.
