On 2002-11-19 09:07, Pierrick Brossin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > Then don't enable one.  A badly configured firewall is arguably worse
> > than no firewall at all.
>
> wow no firewall is such a nice idea.

It's not a bad idea, on a machine that doesn't run services that
nobody uses locally and has properly configured access controls with
tcpwrappers or similar tools for those services that are running.

> just kidding.. your server is then open to anyone.
> don't you have a firewall `?!

I do, but it's not the firewall that protects services like named that
are running.  Well, at least not *only* the firewall.


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