in the installation of 7.1 and 7.2, you can choose the default security level. This is what I'm talking about. If you choose High, it still uses ipchains and defaults to an accept policy.
> ---------- > From: Hal Burgiss[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 2:45 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: Default Firewall Config > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 01:37:34PM -0500, Green, Aaron wrote: > > Could someone tell me why RH defaults to an ipchain Accept policy, > > instead of say....a iptables deny policy? > > What version of RH? IIRC, both ipchains and iptables default to > accept. As of RH7.1, the installer will let you set up ipchains. Other > than that, it is a user config situation. Not everyone needs default > DENY. I would imagine plenty of installations are on LANs. > > -- > Hal Burgiss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
