On Friday, February 21, 2020 7:17:33 PM MST Tim via users wrote: > Tim: > > >> Beyond the usual (HTTP, mail, DNS servers, etc), what is the average > >> non-admin user going to set up that listens as a server? Admin- > >> users setting up those traditional services ought to know how to > >> manage firewalls, or they ought not to mess around with those > >> services. > > > Samuel Sieb: > > > There are a variety of things like file sharing (webdav), media > > sharing (dlna), remote desktop, various 3rd party or proprietary > > software, etc. > > > So, why can't the installation of those applications automatically > include an appropriate firewall rule? Better to allow a controlled > opening, rather than just open-slather. > > -- > > uname -rsvp > Linux 3.10.0-1062.12.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Feb 4 23:02:59 UTC 2020 x86_64 > > Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. > I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. They do come with firewall rules, see /usr/lib/firewalld/services. They aren't enabled automatically, of course, because it's up to the end-user whether or not it should be available on a given interface. -- John M. Harris, Jr. Splentity _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
