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using an ipconfig tool abandoned in 2005: Firestarter.
Firestarter was not an "ipconfig tool." It was a Linux graphical frontend for configuring and monitoring firewall rules, though it was indeed abandoned after its 2005 1.0.3 release.
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This misidentifies what Firestarter is. Credible documentation describes Firestarter as a graphical firewall configuration/monitoring tool for Linux, not an ipconfig utility.
- Ubuntu's community documentation says Firestarter "provides a graphical interface for quickly configuring firewall rules and settings" and that "Firestarter itself is not a firewall, rather, it is a frontend for configuring iptables."
- SourceForge's project page describes its goal as providing "graphical tools for setting up, administrating and monitoring firewalls for Linux machines."
So the article's characterization of Firestarter as an "ipconfig tool" is incorrect. The "abandoned in 2005" part is broadly supported: Ubuntu notes active development ended in 2005 with version 1.0.3, and SourceForge's files page shows version 1.0.3 dated 2005-01-30.
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- Firestarter - Community Help Wiki
Firestarter is an application which provides a graphical interface for quickly configuring firewall rules and settings (policies). Firestarter itself is not a firewall, rather, it is a frontend for configuring iptables.
- FireStarter download | SourceForge.net
The goal of FireStarter is to provide easy to use, yet powerful, graphical tools for setting up, administrating and monitoring firewalls for Linux machines.
- FireStarter - Browse /firestarter at SourceForge.net
Download Latest Version firestarter-1.0.3.tar.gz ... 1.0.3 2005-01-30