It's better a firewall strict than a sieve remember when you install you can open your network to everyone.
J. Greenlees a �crit: > o beckles wrote: > >> How? >> >> I don't run Mandrake as a server and so all of the services are >> unchecked. However, that setting also kills client apps so I have to >> research the applications and their ports and key them in at the >> bottom, which does not always work. > > > actually, insert the lines opening the system for the apps at the top > of the list. > 1 it makes it easier to find when testing the settings > 2 I beleive that the first configuration for a port overrides any > subsequent configuration, so at the top the apps get through while at > the bottom they don't > >> >> >> One example is rdesktop which is documented to only use one port but >> adding that port/tcp and port/udp does not help any. >> >> To me that equates to a default setting of high when compared to >> other firewalls programs. >> >> Ben Reser wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:10:27PM -0400, o beckles wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Are there any plans to allow different levels of protection in the >>>> firewall? Right now the iptables rules are too strict to function >>>> properly on a windows network without manually adjusting the rules. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Huh? You can adjust them however you want? >> >> > > >
