On Tuesday 23 April 2013 15:43:23 Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 09:28:17AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I will be using email, Usenet, browser and occasionally file > > downloading. > > Nothing on my system should look/act like a server. > > I want all programs to access the internet after explicitly asking > > for permission. > > The response to the request may be: > > No > > Always YES > > Ask each occurrence > > Programs don't generally ask for permissions; they assume that > they are connected, and report failures when they can't make > connections.
I have come across several Windows firewalls which ask exactly that. I imagine that that is what Richard is thinking of. Personally, I have never come across that in Linux. [snip] > By the way, you have an unusually brusque way of stating > conditions rather than asking questions, which comes across as > slightly rude. Also, I had to do a double take to work out which bit was a question, rather than a statement. I think that he is asking us to recommend some reading matter. Lisi -- 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/201304231611.30107.lisi.re...@gmail.com
