On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:19:11 +0100 Chris Boot <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I forgot to mention: by default, NUT listens on localhost. If > >> > you are using Linux, you could add a "-m owner --uid-owner" rule > >> > to iptables to only match the UID for the NUT system user. > > > > Thanks; if it listens on localhost by default, that is enough for > > me, though I recall that is not as secure as listening on 127.0.0.1. > > 127.0.0.1 *is* localhost.
For some programs, either 'localhost' can mean more than '127.0.0.1' to the extent it is suggested to change settings to '127.0.0.1', or that is also done because of what is easier to spoof... but I have even seen someone on IRC with a hostmask like '[email protected]'. I would still like to know if running UPSD on a port is essential, rather than not having a port... crond and atd, for example, do not need ports, so why would UPSD? _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
