On 9/1/07, Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet(a)amorsen.dk> wrote:
>>>>> "AP" == Arthur Pemberton
<pemboa(a)gmail.com> writes:
AP> On 8/31/07, Alexander Boström <abo(a)kth.se> wrote:
>> That would be a checkbox.
>>
>> [ ] Trust all enabled services.
>>
>> Basically, what this means is, "don't allow incoming traffic except
>> where root says it's ok", which might sometimes be what you want to
>> achieve.
>>
AP> By the way, I still think that tis is a good idea.
It would be nicer if the bind() failed in the application. At least
the application would have a chance at telling the user what went
wrong, instead of just not working properly.
/Benny
Starting services don't normally give error messages. Certainly not if
you use s-c-services
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