--- On Thu, 18/12/08, Daniel Pittman <dan...@rimspace.net> wrote:
> From: Daniel Pittman <dan...@rimspace.net>
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Beginner firewall question
> To: slug@slug.org.au
> Received: Thursday, 18 December, 2008, 11:41 AM
> mark adrian bell <m487...@rocketmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm running Xubuntu on an Eeepc. I don't run a
> web server or an ssh server or
> > telnet or ftp or rsync or anything like that. Am I
> correct in assuming that I
> > don't need a firewall, or should I install
> Firestarter just in case?
>
> One of the design features of Ubuntu, initially, was that
> it should have
> no need of a firewall out of the box — nothing listening
> on the network
> at all.
>
> Assuming that you don't run any network services you
> absolutely do not
> need a firewall ... but.
>
> The but, in this case, is that a firewall you don't
> need now might save
> you one day when, for example, you install a package that
> pulls in a
> network service — and the cost of the redundant firewall
> is pretty
> small.
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
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Thanks, Daniel. That's good advice.
- mark
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