On Saturday 02 March 2002 20:19, Matt Schalit wrote: > > No, you are correct that the default setting doesn't. To change the > > settings on the the filtering, edit the line in "/etc/network.conf" > > from the setting "firewall" to "none" (sans quotes). This setting > > leaves you with no filtering, only routing. I highly suggest not > > doing this unless you like getting hacked or cleaning the Nimba > > worm off of your Win32 boxes, but this is a choice you can make for > > yourself. > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. There are no services > running on DF that listen on the external nic. So lowering > the firewall rules allows access to all the ports, but to what? > > There are no ports forwarded into the internal network by default, > so there won't be any server for nimbda to attack. Did I miss > something? It's possible, as I don't boot DF too often.
Matthew, You are right, by default there are not any readily exploitable services running on the external interface. That is to assume a default setting. If we are to assume the possibilities that _could_ be run with DCD on the external interface or any port_forward's that many people _are_ running, I felt it was worth while to add the disclaimer. I should have been more clear in this disclaimer, but I sure don't suggest turning the filtering ruleset off in any case if connected directly to the internet. Thx Matt! -- ~Lynn Avants aka Guitarlynn guitarlynn at users.sourceforge.net http://leaf.sourceforge.net If linux isn't the answer, you've probably got the wrong question! _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
