On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:38:39 +0100, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I suppose that isolating computer and some ports is work for firewall and > router not for FB. You say locslhost, someone can say localnetwork, other > som mask, others mayby some groups of masks... > > If you need to block port go to firewall and block incomming traffic to > port 3050.
But you are assuming that the user actually knows how to configure a firewall (or even knows what a firewall is). Not all people who install Firebird are system administrators or are aware for the need to secure things. Serious users of Firebird are (or should be) aware of that, but for example students who only install Firebird for a small project are - most of the time - not. An installation that by default restricts to localhost will 'protect' those users, while only adding a small burden to serious users. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
