Re: F19 Firewall

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:28 PM, P J P <pjp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Eric H. Christensen <sparks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: F19 Firewall
>> Does firewalld make systems more vulnerable?
>
>    If it allows applications/daemons/users to edit firewall rules, I guess that is not impossible.

This is controlled by polkit, and only restricted to system
administrators, so hopefully safe.  See
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1.policy .
    Mirek
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