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Re: Debian secure by default?



On Saturday 24 May 2008 03:49:53 pm Richard Hector wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-05-24 at 11:47 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > I see no advantage to host-based firewalls that couldn't be better served
> > by a router doing filtering at the edge of the network.  There's no
> > reason to expose machines directly to the internet.
>
> It's perhaps a little excessive to carry a router with you for
> connecting your laptop to public WiFi, or via a cellphone, for instance.

Don't run services on laptops connected to public wifi or via a cell phone.

-- 
Paul Johnson
baloo@ursine.ca

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