On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:58:07 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun 23 Sep 2018 at 00:05:58 +0100, mick crane wrote: > > > On 2018-09-21 18:29, Subhadip Ghosh wrote: > > Debian is a Universal OS. > > > > > > I wouldn't say whatever you said, doesn't make sense. I wish there > > > were an easier way to know about it when I started using the OS, > > > something to warn me that I need to configure the firewall to > > > suit my needs. Maybe because I came from a different OS where the > > > defaults were stricter, my expectations about the defaults were > > > different. > > > > fell foul of this years ago. installed OS, naively went on IRC > > while looking about at what was installed. > > "oh, I seem to have ports open" > > 20 seconds later somebody took over my account" > > Tough. > > > Rapidly pulls cable and reinstalls. > > And never used IRC again. :) > > > Some sort of a warning during installation. > > "there is no firewall running, You should probably set up some > > rules" > > > > would be helpful. > > The ordinary user's eyes would glaze over. The installation process is > ok as it is. > There are firewall applications which can produce fairly sensible defaults painlessly, towards which a hint might be made. If you need more control, learn iptables early, you will eventually anyway. -- Joe
