very clear
many thanks
eric
> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 10:26:04 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: fedora 9 live firewall
>
> Eric Penrose wrote:
> > I find it confusing that the settings on fedora 9 live for firewall are
> > such that we tick the options that we trust such as secure http or http.
> > If firewall is on anyway, what is the implication of setting these internet
> > options to trust as opposed to leaving firewall on, but without these trust
> > settings when going on line?
>
> For a normal users, you don't need to enable anything on the firewall.
> The default settings for the firewall permit established connections
> (connections where YOU initiated the connection such as a normal web
> browse), so you don't need to enable anything in the firewall.
>
> The firewall settings GUI are for INCOMING connection requests. Unless
> you're running a web server and need to allow the outside world to
> initiate connections to your server, you don't need to enable those.
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