On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 13:09 -0600, Dan Farrell wrote: > On Sat, 8 Dec 2007 13:41:06 -0500
> > I don't run iptables on my laptops. Instead, I choose to run only a > few secure services and then proceed to not worry about it. > hmmm - another target. Firewalls can be viewed as a waste of time on a perfect system - but what system is ever perfect? Can you guarantee that no services that are untrustworthy will EVER run on the machine - think accidental installs? A couple of years back we (local lug) had an incidence of a windows virus listening on a network port of a linux machine - apparently something to do with running an infected application under wine. Its what you dont know that will bite you. Can you guarantee that there is never a bug in your software that might leave you exposed? Can you guarantee that you have have NEVER mis-configured a service or application? Thought not ... Think layered defences BillK -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
