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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, Seth Alan Woolley wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 03:15:12PM -0700, Eric Sandall wrote:
> > I believe we were going to use it on our ISOs so that, when networking
> > is started, the box isn't open to any Joe Blow hanging around the
> > network.
>
> We don't have any services on startup by default -- I don't think a
> firewall is needed on the iso.

The point was, IMO, that if the user needs/wants a network connection
while installing SMGL that they'll at least be somewhat protected,
even with no services on by default (since some may want to use
portmap, ssh, distcc, etc.).

- -sandalle

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Eric Sandall                     |  Source Mage GNU/Linux Developer
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http://eric.sandall.us/          |  SysAdmin @ Inst. Shock Physics @ WSU
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