User-Friendly Firewalling [Re: ZeroConf in Ubuntu Edgy]

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

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On Jul 4, 2006, at 1:34 PM, Micah J. Cowan wrote:
> ...
> ...you don't think a (non-idiot*) user will notice if they suddenly 
> get a pop-up for a program they've never heard of, asking if it's okay 
> that an outside computer is trying to contact it?
> ...

There are plenty of judges, accountants, electricians, biologists, 
architects, and brain surgeons who wouldn't have a clue about the 
correct answer to that question.

Not that that matters, because if you're asking it in an alert, you're 
unlikely to get a thoughtful answer regardless of skill level.

By all means have a Firewall Settings window with a list of 
applications to allow/block, but please don't expect people to make 
useful decisions on-the-fly.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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