Adam Williamson pÃÅe v Po 06. 12. 2010 v 17:57 -0800: > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 10:54 +0100, MichaÅ Piotrowski wrote: > > > There are no stupid questions :) > > > > On most desktop systems firewall is not needed. Many users do not even > > know how to configure it. In fact I disable it in most of my systems, > > because there is no real use for it. So I asked a simple question > > whether there is a need to install iptables by default? > > On most laptops, however, which are the most common types of system sold > today, a firewall is very definitely needed when you're connecting to > hotel networks, public wifi access points... It's not quite as clear as that. Yes, the networks are dangerous. But what specifically is the firewall protecting, and what specifically does it prevent? Mirek -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
