On 12/7/2013 10:58 AM, jdd wrote:
Le 07/12/2013 19:27, John Andersen a �crit :
Lazy programming has pretty much forced us all to run firewalls these days.
wkan also, that makes all lans publics
jdd
I fail to see your point here. I feel quite safe in putting my Linux box directly on the public network, whether hard wired or wifi. Without a firewall in place. In fact that has never been an issue, since not listening on a port makes it a closed port. And listening on a port only on a specific interface means that port is closed on other interfaces. Its only the case that some things I can't control insist on listening on ALL interfaces that cause me to run a firewall. Things like Spideroak, vmware dropbox, etc. I periodically look at netstat to see if I can explain and justify all those open ports. Some things, like Samba ought to be smart enough to listen to wlan only when wlan is connected to your home/office network, and not when you take your laptop to Starbucks. (Or maybe it already does this and I'm doing it wrong?). -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org