On 9/1/07, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 14:07:17 +0200, > Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Administrators sometimes want to limit which traffic can reach > > applications, and perhaps limit the risk when accidentally starting > > applications. Automating firewall setup makes that useless. > > That is probably the main reason. And having apps undo restrictions seems > like a really really bad idea. So being able to easily disable this wouldn't be enough? > Plus I have no confidence that apps can properly rewrite iptables rules > correctly. iptables setups can have complications which will make it > hard to change them. I have used subroutines for checking reserved ip > ranges and have had services configured to only be available to local > ip addresses or specific interfaces. This is something that would/should work only if you're using system-config-firewall > I think the idea of having some way to help people who want a service > available to the internet at large or some local ip addresses is a good > idea, but it needs to be an add on step that can be skipped, not some > invisible change behind the scenes. > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
