On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 01:09:33PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 20:39:48 -0700, Joel Aelwyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >* The first rule of securing a machine exposed to the wilds is "Deny by
> > default, allow by need".
>
> Which is pretty well accomplished by only running needed services.
Note that some packages, directly or indirectly, build-depend on
packages containing daemons that will be started by default if
installed. In that light, a firewall really is required to keep things
safe.
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