security settings

[James McKenzie]

On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 19:32 -0800, Nathan Low wrote:
> What would happen if I clicked System Settings and
> Security Level and then I clicked www (http) and leave
> the firewall enabled?

First, please don't ask us to respond, we will.

Second, when you click on a setting on system-config-security (System
Settings -> Security Level) it will open your firewall for any system on
the Internet to access your system on the port you opened.  In this case
(http) you will open port 80:tcp on your system.  If you are running a
web server, then this is proper.  If you are not, then you should NOT
open this port.  The same situation applies for any of the other
settings.  If you need to open a custom port, then you input the port
number, a colon (:), and the protocol in the Other ports area.  Separate
entries with a comma between them.

James McKenzie