Kevin Kofler wrote: >I am user C. I don't need a log of blocked stuff, I'd only be worried >about intruders DoSing the machine by filling the log. I really want >ANY outside access to my machine silently dropped. My machine is NOT a >server, period. So you never use Bittorrent to download a new Fedora release, or any other kind of filesharing? You never use a softphone, or play multi-user games? Any kind of text chat you might use is a centralized service, not peer-to-peer? And you're sure that you will never use Tor, or Bitcoin, or any other kind of peer-to-peer communication that may be invented in the future? It may be a valid use case, but the option would need to be clearly labeled so that users understand how much they're blocking. Otherwise people will choose it because they aren't setting up a web server, and then wonder why their networked game isn't working. Something like this: "This is a special-purpose client machine. It will never engage in any kind of peer-to-peer communication, nor run any kind of server. And yes, I know what those terms mean." Even then, I still think it would be better if programs that try to open a port would get an error code and have a chance to report the failure, rather than waiting in vain for requests that are being silently dropped. -- Björn Persson
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