Yes I know, and used that to allow netbios ports. However, when compared to alternatives, Mandrake seems a bit backward having only High or None settings for the firewall.
Let me explain the last statement: When being used as a personal desktop, none of the servers listed in the firewall dialog are active; so they would be unchecked. When this is done you have not only locked out intruders but you have locked yourself in aswell. Only basic ports are open. In other environments you are able to control how secure you want to be. Moreover, connections initiated form yourself are free to use any port while unassociated inbound traffic is blocked. Mandrakes' approach is secure but harsh and to difficult to customize because it requires the user to research ports used by thier apps. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, October 6, 2002 11:18 pm Subject: Re: [Cooker] 9.0: firewall too strict > On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:46:29PM -0400, o beckles wrote: > > I used mcc | security | firewall. What else is there? > > You do realize you can click the Advanced tab and type in any port > number you want? > > -- > Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://ben.reser.org > > Never take no as an answer from someone who isn't authorized to > say yes. > >
