New ZeroConf Spec

Dan Kegel dank at kegel.com
Tue Jul 4 04:48:13 BST 2006


On 7/3/06, Rob J. Caskey <rcaskey at uga.edu> wrote:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZeroConfPolicySpec is now drafting.
>
> This differs from previous specs in that it advocates a change in our
> one-ports policy.

-1

There should be no exception: there should be no open ports by default.
Only users who need the extra functionality of an open port should pay
for it in extra risk.
People who think their machine is safe because they haven't turned on
any services would be mighty pissed to discover it wasn't so.
- Dan



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