Re: network and firewall questions
Andrew L. Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can someone access your computer by a port if nothing is listening to that port? Hopefully not. If not, then if you turn off services that you don't use and need to access used services remotely (i.e. let them through a firewall), do you need a firewall? Assuming you *never* make mistakes and either accidentally enable a service you didn't mean to, or misconfigure one of the services you're supposed to be running, and also assuming none of the services you're running intentionally has any bugs, then you're quite safe without a firewall. Obviously, I recommend using a firewall, just to be sure. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
network and firewall questions
I'm still very much a newbie regarding networking issues and firewalls; so if I need to be slapped, please be gentle. ;-) Most of my home computers are behind a NAT router with very simple firewalls -- let all requests out, allow established in, deny everything else. I put a test computer in the DMZ the other day to experiment with firewalls, and remote access as I travel next week. Can someone access your computer by a port if nothing is listening to that port? If not, then if you turn off services that you don't use and need to access used services remotely (i.e. let them through a firewall), do you need a firewall? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
