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Re: Services automaticly change firewall rules to open access to themsel

Subject: Re: Services automaticly change firewall rules to open access to themselfs.
From: Benny Amorsen
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:34:29 +0200
>>>>> "AP" == Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

AP> On 8/31/07, Alexander BostrÃm <abo@xxxxxx> 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


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