network/firewall under single user

[John Summerfield]

Joe Smith wrote:
> Andrew Farris wrote:
>> ...
>> No, it should not start the firewall, service iptables start should 
>> start the firewall.
> 
> Sure, and it does, but is it a good design to make it easy to start the 
> network up without the firewall?

What running services do you need to protect in single-user mode?

> 
> My memory is probably faulty, but I'm pretty sure I remember starting 
> the network in an older release and thinking, "Hey it started the 
> firewall too--that's a nice touch."

I'm pretty sure I remember the network not being started at all.
> 
> I suppose it doesn't much matter: as long as there's nothing running to 
> accept a network connection, nothing should be able to get in over the 
> net. Just the same, having the firewall in place would be that much better.

Why?



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