Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security
> Did you *read* the link you posted?
Yes, I've read/seen this Appendix F section in various versions.
Up until the last version that I read (version 3.10 of last November)
there has been a "FIXME: test this setup to see if it works properly."
Didn't exactly inspire me to use it as an aid for net installations!
Now, I'm seeing that the January version of the document no longer has
the FIXME in it. Sorry for missing that the FIXME had gone missing!
Shouldn't the setup of a firewall be part of the installation routine?
Perhaps prior to running tasksel, some script could query the user about
using a firewall and/or help him/her set an appropriate one up?
Yeah, I know this sounds odd, but when a user is doing a installation
and there is not a mention of firewalls during the procedure, and when
the user reads the Installation manual and there is only one mention of
firewalls (not in the context of the actual installation), I think that
the user is not being fully informed at exactly the time he or she needs
as much information as possible.
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