On Wed 04 Jul 2012 at 08:21:10 -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote: > OK, I see that this might be flamebait ... > > On Tuesday 03 July 2012 23:19:06 lina wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I don't know which firewall (http://wiki.debian.org/Firewalls) I should > > choose. > > > > Thanks ahead for recommendation, and it will be very nice if you tell > > me why you recommend this one. > > > > Best regards, > > It seems that you want a firewall on the computer which you are working with. > As regards to closing unnecessary ports or limiting them to localhost, Joe > gave good advice already.
The very best way of closing a port is to shut down the service or remove it from the machine. I cannot think of a single service which doesn't allow connections to be limited without the use of a firewall. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120704223924.GC28931@desktop
