Re: Services automaticly change firewall rules to open access to themselfs.

[Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet amorsen dk>]

>>>>> "AP" == Arthur Pemberton <pemboa gmail com> writes:

AP> On 8/31/07, Alexander Boström <abo kth se> wrote:

>> That would be a checkbox.
>> 
>> [ ] Trust all enabled services.
>> 
>> Basically, what this means is, "don't allow incoming traffic except
>> where root says it's ok", which might sometimes be what you want to
>> achieve.
>> 

AP> By the way, I still think that tis is a good idea.

It would be nicer if the bind() failed in the application. At least
the application would have a chance at telling the user what went
wrong, instead of just not working properly.


/Benny