On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 18:52:56 -0700 (MST) Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Ulrich Fürst wrote: > > Why should someone have a program installed, nobody's using. (or > > nobody should use) If I don't want to use ssh and I want to disable > > someone else to ssh to my (desktop) computer I don't try firewall > > rules, but simply deinstall it... > > > > Or am I missing something? > > Yup, you are missing something. If your firewall is on a separate box > you can avoid having the desktop box needing to deal with attempts to > use (say) ssh. If you have a combination firewall/desktop it probably > doesn't make much difference. O.K., thanks, I guess I got it. Ulrich