Joerg Mertin wrote:

> 
> Now - Is there a specific reason why you actually lock/blacklist the
> following ports ?
> 
> - udp 1024:1033,1434
> - tcp 57,1433,1434,2401,2745,3127,3306,3410,4899,5554,6101,8081,9898
> 
> These should IMHO be blocked by the outside world already throuh the
> default policies. Or has it rather something to do with making sure no
> requests goes from the Laptop to the outside world through these ports ?

Probes on those ports are very common. By blacklisting them (with
BLACKLIST_LOG_LEVEL=""), I avoid the log clutter that would otherwise
result.

-Tom
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