22 Apr
2004
22 Apr
'04
8:23 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 19:59, Matthew Miller wrote:
desktop, that probably means everything is closed. If someone starts a service, the initscript or whatever can open the port. If you don't want a port open, stop the service.
In that case, why even _have_ a firewall? If nothing's listening on a port, it's not like anyone can connect to it.
but then... if a service is to be made available, you can't have the firewall turned on for that port, so why have the service if the firewall will just prevent it from functioning?
- jck
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