-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 2009-05-07 at 12:00 -0700, Prasun Dhara wrote:
"..but port open/closing is **NOT** to be done at run time."
-----> Say for example one application needs the open port once in a day for communicating.would it be better to keep a port open for ever after installation even if it is not needed??
Yes, in Linux the port is normally opened on the firewall at all times. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoDW0cACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XfWACfQQkq30arCwwQ7jvIejFs7pN6 rV4AnR1oYB3cvsZUALwGbvq4FM4UrGZ/ =gYMk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org