Firestarter
===========
  The latest version of Firestarter can always be found at
            <http://firestarter.sourceforge.net>

Firestarter is a complete firewalling tool for Linux. Use the firewall
creation wizard to create a basic firewall, then streamline it further
using the powerful dynamic rules modifiers. Open and close ports with
a few clicks, or stealth your services giving access only to a select 
few. Watch the real-time hit monitor as attackers probe your machine
for open ports, in vain. Firestarter takes full advantage of GNOME but
will work in most environments.


Major version history
======
0.8.0 - GUI Installer improvements, Stateful Checking (Linux 2.{4/5} only) added
0.7.0 - Port Forwarding, Automatic Trojan / IANA Reserved Address Space Blocking
0.6.0 - Improved Wizard, ToS Configuration Support
0.5.0 - Linux 2.4 support
0.4.0 - IP Masquerade support
0.3.0 - Dynamic rules
0.2.0 - Firewall hit display
0.1.0 - Firewall wizard

Requirements
============
A machine running Linux kernel version 2.2 with
Linux IP Firewalling Chains (ipchains) version 1.3.9 or higher

-or-

A machine running Linux kernel version 2.4 with
Linux IP Firewalling Tables (iptables) version 1.2.3 or higher

GNOME 1.2 or 1.4 (including Ximian GNOME)


Legal Information
==================
Firestarter is released under the GPL. See the COPYING file
for more information.

Firestarter is distributed without any warranty, either expressed or implied.
(basicially, if you get hacked, don't come crying to us.)


Contact Information
===================
Send bug reports, patches, feature requests etc. to <majix@sci.fi>
Contributors are acknowledged in the CREDITS file.


