Re: firewall
On Wed 04 Jul 2012 at 08:21:10 -0400, Eike Lantzsch wrote:
> OK, I see that this might be flamebait ...
>
> On Tuesday 03 July 2012 23:19:06 lina wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't know which firewall (http://wiki.debian.org/Firewalls) I should
> > choose.
> >
> > Thanks ahead for recommendation, and it will be very nice if you tell
> > me why you recommend this one.
> >
> > Best regards,
>
> It seems that you want a firewall on the computer which you are working with.
> As regards to closing unnecessary ports or limiting them to localhost, Joe
> gave good advice already.
The very best way of closing a port is to shut down the service or
remove it from the machine. I cannot think of a single service which
doesn't allow connections to be limited without the use of a firewall.
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