On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra@wpi.edu> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 12:06:44PM -0700, Andrew Farris wrote:Why do we need a firewall when you can easily prevent services from
> Izhar Firdaus wrote:
> There is no service which requires a firewall to be turned off... that does
> not exist. What they require is configuration to function with the
> firewall on. Improvement of the firewall configuration tool would certainly
> be a good step forward, and perhaps more automated configuration via upnp,
> but turning it off is definitely the wrong move... no matter what service
> you're trying to get through it.
being accessed...just stop the service! Don't bind to the port, and
it won't be possible to connect to it.