----- Original Message ----- > Hi, > > I just happened to look at the firewalld default settings, and I was not > amused when I noticed this: > http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/firewalld.git/tree/FedoraWorkstation.xml > > <port protocol="udp" port="1025-65535"/> > > <port protocol="tcp" port="1025-65535"/> > This "firewall" is a joke! ALL higher ports are wide open! > > There had been a prior discussion on this list where they wanted to disable > the firewall entirely. We told them that that's a horrible idea (which it > is, of course!). But the result is that they implemented this "solution" > which is almost entirely as bad, and which additionally gives users a false > sense of security, because a "firewall" is "enabled" (for a very twisted > definition of "enabled"). > > IMHO, this is a major security issue that MUST be fixed. It also shows what > horribly bad an idea per-Product configuration is. This was discussed, and implemented in the open, and I sent the details of the feature, and how it would be implemented to the fedora desktop list, as is customary for Workstation features. > Yet another reason why you should NOT use "--product=workstation" to upgrade > your F20 to F21 (ALWAYS use "--product=nonproduct"). Installing the > "Workstation Product", or upgrading to it, will leave you with a totally > insecure system. There are no services listening on upper ports enabled by default, all the sharing services in Fedora will require actual enabling. See: http://www.hadess.net/2014/06/firewalls-and-per-network-sharing.html Next time, don't be 6 month late if you're going to be flippant. Cheers -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
