well, its like leaving your door open when you go to sleep. Or better
yet... having a screen door locked to protect your family when its just to
hot outside.
----- Original Message -----
From: Sebastian Sohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:39 PM
Subject: firewalling rules
> I am new in firewall configuration. It seems that when I read articles on
> the web, people suggest that, one should setup the firewalling rules to
deny
> everything and allow specifics?
>
> What is wrong with having a rules accept all but deny specifics.
>
> Could I not just block ports that I am using, like telnet 23 , ftp 21 ,
ssh
> 22, NetBIOS 135-139 and such. Why should I block everything coming in?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -Sebastian
>
>
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