Port defaults

[Hew McLachlan]

I think it's best that no firewall is applied by default. For example, a
firewall on each computer of a home network would be an unnecessary
complication, as a firewall at the router provides sufficient security
for the whole network in most cases.

I am not sure about your Azureus / Vuze problem, but I would think it's
a problem specifically with that program. Since ports are open already,
there is no need to "reset" or "re-open" them. If you want to use a
firewall to have ports closed by default, you use use ufw (uncomplicated
firewall) which is very simple to use and set up rules for. There is
even the gufw GUI available for it.

If you're after an easy to use torrent program, you might be better off
with Transmission, which is the default now for Ubuntu installations.
Hopefully that won't have the same strange port issues.

Regards,
Hew McLachlan

David Ryder wrote:
> Thanks Hew,
> Wouldn't it be better if they reverted to being closed - if so, how can
> one do that apart from complicated rules for mail, firefox etc?
>
> The reason I asked originally was because whenever I close Azureus, when
> I next open it the port I was using is no longer available.
>
> Can I write a script that would run to reset the port when Azureus is
> re-opened, thus making it available again? I'm not savvy on port
> opening/closing despite having tried to find info on it.
>
> Many thanks,
> David