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On Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:10:53 PM "Gui Iribarren" <g...@altermundi.net> 
wrote:
> Benjamin is giving some great examples of real-world scenarios where
> an
> default-open firewall simplifies administration,
> and where a default-closed firewall would be not only unnecessary
> (provides no benefits), but would indeed complicate setting up
> things.
On the other hand, how many devices realistically need to be accessible from 
the outside by default in a typical setting (ie: in a home/small office)? On a 
network you have several classes of devices:
1. Devices that frequently need to run an server or peer to peer connection 
that requires outside access (ie: servers, some computers, tablets, phones, 
gaming consoles, VOIP phones, etc)
2. Devices which might need to be accessible from the outside in a few cases, 
but generally speaking have no need to be accessible from the outside (ie: most 
computers
3. Devices which generally have no need to be accessible from the outside (ie: 
NAS, network printer, security camera, security system, phone system, etc)
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