On 12/09/2014 10:27 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 11:59 PM, William B <william@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The true crux of this issue is the over complexity that firewalld has brought to fedora, and the fact that a quality UI for managing it does not exist yet. >> >> OSX solves this issue by having an "on or off" button, and a list of applications that are allowed access. When the application first requests access, a prompt is given to add the application to the allow list. Why are we so against such a UI? > > > OS X's firewall is disabled by default. Where's the outcry? A quick search reveals that some people don't like that: https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2014/06/03/why-do-new-macbooks-ship-with-the-firewall-off-by-default/ http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/should-you-use-a-firewall-with-os-x-mountain-lion.html http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?p=20420972 Not that I think this has any bearing on the current discussion. -- Orion Poplawski Technical Manager 303-415-9701 x222 NWRA, Boulder/CoRA Office FAX: 303-415-9702 3380 Mitchell Lane orion@xxxxxxxx Boulder, CO 80301 http://www.nwra.com -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
