Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:28:05 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Pierrick Brossin <pbrossin@swissgeeks.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Easy Server Message-ID: <20021119082804.GB15020@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <1037693245.3dd9f13d570f2@www.swissgeeks.com> References: <3DD7B0DE.2060003@swissgeeks.com> <20021117234646.GB60554@wantadilla.lemis.com> <1037609095.3dd8a8875fa8a@www.swissgeeks.com> <20021118215343.GV60554@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3DD96FEB.7040301@swissgeeks.com> <20021119075137.GC9243@gothmog.gr> <1037693245.3dd9f13d570f2@www.swissgeeks.com>
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On 2002-11-19 09:07, Pierrick Brossin <pbrossin@swissgeeks.com> wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > Then don't enable one. A badly configured firewall is arguably worse > > than no firewall at all. > > wow no firewall is such a nice idea. It's not a bad idea, on a machine that doesn't run services that nobody uses locally and has properly configured access controls with tcpwrappers or similar tools for those services that are running. > just kidding.. your server is then open to anyone. > don't you have a firewall `?! I do, but it's not the firewall that protects services like named that are running. Well, at least not *only* the firewall. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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