On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Matthias Clasen <mclasen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 07:27 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: >> Greetings... >> >> Any reason why scanning the network for printers is blocked in firewall >> on the desktop live cd after install ( tested with 09/11/09 i686 iso) >> or is this something we missed? >> > > The firewall is an unsolved issue. We considered just turning it off for > F12 (as some have advocated), but didn't have the courage to do it in > the end. It is one of the bigger problems we have to tackle soon. It not > only torpedoes printing, it also sabotages file sharing, music sharing, > and so on. Would something like the SELinux troubleshooter (BTW, I just love the F12 one, kudos to the developers), catching denials generated by the firewall and presenting the user a dialog to allow pinching the appropriate ports, be a worth project to pursue? maybe something like this do exist somewhere? -- Gianluca Sforna http://morefedora.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/gianlucasforna -- Fedora-desktop-list mailing list Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
