Re: NFS and Firewalld -

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On 8/28/19 6:32 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 11:55 AM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On 8/28/19 5:44 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 11:52 PM Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> The easiest way to resolve the issue is to place the interface on
>>>> the NFS server in the "Trusted" firewall zone. The setting for
>>>> that can be found in the Network Manager GUI for that interface
>>>> in the "General Configuration" tab. At least that is what is
>>>> shown on my KDE system.
>>> Doesn't that essentially disable the firewall?!
>> To an extent. But recall that's Bob's network is connected to a
>> satellite service and already protected by a firewall. I think he
>> needs more protection against his family consuming his data quota.
>> :-)
> :)
>
> The problem's that if someone does so on a laptop at home and then
> uses a public network...

I don't think that is too much of a worry.

Recall that each Wifi Connection can be assigned a Firewall Zone.  The connection at home will be different than outside of the home. 


>
> Whether using "trusted" or adding "nfs" to "home", I suppose that the
> solution is to remember to change to "public" when using a public
> network; in the same way way that you'd want to block 111 and 2049
> when doing so, whether via firewalld, iptables, nftables, or another
> frontend to the latter two, if they are enabled on a non-public
> network.
>
> It'd be nice to have a way to associate a network and a zone and not
> have to remember easily-forgettable things. Given that NM and
> firewalld haven't done this integration, it's probably less than
> trivial, at least time-wise if not coding-wise.

It seems integration has been done with Wifi (see above) but not with wired connections.

In any event, I've never had a need or even considered running an NFS server on a laptop.  :-)

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