--- "Víctor A. Ramos" <itchysoft@yahoo.es> wrote:
--- Ralf Döblitz <ralf@asco.de> escribió: > --On Dienstag, Dezember 07, 2004 02:07:58 +0100 "Víctor A. Ramos" > mldonkey is a server, so if you run that program you *have* a service bound > to the external interface - which contradicts the precondition above. > > As long as you do not run any server processes you don't need a packet> filter.> > RalfThere are many programs which open ports by default in a Debian installation (an nmap localhost
you mean "nmap $MYIP", since ports opend to localhost(mysql, webmin, ext) are not listening on your other interfaces.
could be very revealing), and I want to control the traffic of my PC, that's all... with servers, without servers... put a firewall on a system which is connected to the net, is a good security method. Please, stop worrying about it... and thank you all, really ;) Regards ===== Víctor A. Ramos <itchysoft@yahoo.es>(o_ Debian GNU/Linux .'''`. //\ Registered User : :' :V_/_ #315167 `. `'` Jabber ID <vramos@jabber.org>______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo Yahoo!: ¡250 MB GRATIS! Nuevos servicios, más seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es-- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-firewall-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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