iptables adding rules not in /etc/sysconfig/iptables

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 31 October 2014, Ed Greshko sent:
> I've not used iptables service for a long time....
> 
> I don't recall if starting certain services open ports on their own. 

I've never seen that.  That sort of (dynamic) behaviour is what
firewalld is supposed to do.  I could see the sense in the *install*
routine for something like the named package, for example, also
installing firewall rules to allow its normal operation, but I've never
seen that, either.

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a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.

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