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
======
0.9.0 - GNOME 2 version
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 2.4 or 2.5 with
Linux IP Firewalling Tables (iptables) version 1.2.3 or higher

GNOME 2.0 (For example, Red Hat version 8 and up, Mandrake 9 and up)


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.


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


