On Fri, Feb 12, 1999 at 09:36:49AM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> netbase is being (have been?) split up, so no need to put in
> the firewalling stuff there.
No, netbase isn't being split up. [0]
Even if it were, ipchains and ipfwadm almost certainly wouldn't be moving
out. Portmap, perhaps -- it could, conceivably, introduce security holes
just by running. ipfwadm and ipchains, though?
Cheers,
aj
[0] Well, to the best of my knowledge it's not. The discussion so far has
been "create a brand new package that automates virtual service setup,
and alias configuration", and "make network startup more centralised,
and more amenable to upgrades".
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