On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:06:44PM -0700, Andrew Farris wrote:
Izhar Firdaus wrote:
There is no service which requires a firewall to be turned off... that does
not exist. What they require is configuration to function with the
firewall on. Improvement of the firewall configuration tool would certainly
be a good step forward, and perhaps more automated configuration via upnp,
but turning it off is definitely the wrong move... no matter what service
you're trying to get through it.
Why do we need a firewall when you can easily prevent services from
being accessed...just stop the service! Don't bind to the port, and
it won't be possible to connect to it.