On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 rhldevel(a)assursys.co.uk wrote:
But to a lot of naïve users, firewalls are deeply technical things,
that
they worry will interfere with normal usage. As a result, I believe a number
of such users will install with the firewall disabled, or stop it when
attempting to get things working - perhaps never to (re-)enable it. Having
things like X11, portmapper and rpc.statd listening on an external interface
is asking for trouble, IMHO.
> Bill
Best Regards,
Alex.
I agree with Alex. If nfs is being used, it is because there is a
knowledgeable person around to set it up. (Is there a client included
by default with MS systems?). Better to have it off and close one
more potential hole.
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