Firewall

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On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 13:34:35 +0100, Erik Bågfors <zindar at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you have open no ports there is no point in running a firewall.
> 
> Regards,
> Erik
> 
> 
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:30:59 +0200, Simon Taplin <simon.taplin at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is it really necessary to run a firewall like firestarter on my ubuntu
> > machine since all ports are closed by default or is it better to run it
> > just in case?
> >
Ok.. so every application your installing on that machine will be an
Ubuntu application? (ie nothing from "off the net").

Your never going to run remote desktop, ssh or any other remote admin tools?
Nothing is unbreakable.
Don't be fooled by the false sense of security that "off by default"
will give you.

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Ubuntu Warty 4.10