Fedora workstation: what do we want installed by default?

[Andreas Nilsson]

On 08/18/2014 10:10 PM, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>
> On 08/18/2014 03:43 PM, Elad Alfassa wrote:
>>
>> I propose configuration that works out of the box.
>>
>> Right now in the firewalld policy in Fedora Workstation any
>> non-root port is unblocked by default. If you need a webserver
>> running on port 80, I assume the best way of fixing this would be
>> bundling a firewalld configuration file in webserver packages that
>> will open port 80 and port 443 for you - but that might be out of
>> scope for the Workstation WG and more in the Server WG realm.
>>
>> Also, if we don't install it by default you'd still be able to
>> install it, or install cockpit instead (I don't remember if cockpit
>> has firewall controls, but it sounds like it's something it
>> probably would benefit from having).
> Cockpit does not currently have a firewall UI, but it's certainly
> something worth having there. I'll open an RFE.

There is now an issue in Cockpit's issue tracker open about adding 
Firewall controls.
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/issues/1094
- Andreas