Re: laptop protection in an office network
On Sat, August 29, 2015 2:26 pm, Reco wrote:
>> 9999 is the port used by the approx server. Months ago I had to
>> install Debian on a system in another location which had a substandard
>> DSL connection. And whenever I do a Debian netinst, I always use
>> approx, "just in case". So that is why I installed approx on the laptop.
>
> Oh. Then it's definitely should be shielded with iptables. Unless, of
> course, you plan to provide Debian packages to anyone on your LAN.
It would be nice to have approx running and configured on a laptop, in
case that I again have need to install Debian outside of my own LAN. But
that is not very likely.
For installations -- and for updates to machines within the LAN -- I have
been running approx on a desktop machine. So I would be willing to
uninstall approx on the laptop, if you so advise.
Then, again, this is my first encounter with iptables, and I am finding
this thread interesting.
RLH
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