RE: fedora 9 live firewall

[Eric Penrose]

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>  Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 13:35:36 -0500
>  From: ckjohnson(a)gwi.net
>  To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>  Subject: Re: fedora 9 live firewall
>  
>  Eric Penrose wrote:
>  > I find it confusing that the settings on fedora 9 live for firewall 
>  > are such that we tick the options that we trust such as secure http or 
>  > http.  If firewall is on anyway, what is the implication of setting 
>  > these internet options to trust as opposed to leaving firewall on, but 
>  > without these trust settings when going on line?
>  The options for service connections to trust do not impact your use of 
>  such services elsewhere. They control whether the firewall will permit 
>  other machines to connect to those service ports on YOUR box - the one 
>  you are setting the firewall options on.  Thus the http option for 
>  example is relevant only if you wish to run a web server on the box and 
>  make it available to others on the network.
>  
>  Examine the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables that is produced by this gui 
>  tool, and research 'iptables' if you wish to understand what is going on 
>  in greater detail.
>  
>  Chris
>  
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