Firewall settings unworkable

Tim Waugh twaugh at redhat.com
Thu Oct 7 11:07:44 UTC 2010


On Wed, 2010-10-06 at 17:26 +0200, Thomas Woerner wrote:
> It is possible to specify a timeout for a firewall service and also the 
> other features. The service will be opened immediately and closed again 
> after the defined period is over. This allows to accept new connections 
> from unknown sources in the specified time frame. This will be very 
> useful for UPNP, SNMP or NetBIOS for example to find printers or to 
> share data with others. This mechanism is similar to the bluetooth 
> handler in cell phones.

This is great news, can't wait to see the interface.

Thanks,
Tim.
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