Per Jessen pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
On Sat 29 Mar 2008 06:10:43 NZDT +1300, Per Jessen wrote:
Erm, the same thing that is better not having any remote service opened by default? The fact that it could have a vulnerability that could lead to a successful attack? Doesn't seem to have been much of a problem in the last few years, has it? Also, ssh only becomes vulnerable to an attack when you open the port in the firewall. This is the case Markus wants to protect against. People turn off the firewall for their desktops because it blocks too much LAN functionality by default (mostly broadcasts about available services, at a guess).
If you're on a LAN, you don't really need a firewall, do you?
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