What is wrong with firestarter?

[Derek Broughton]

Knapp wrote:

> I just rescanned my computer with the shield site and it found 2 open
> ports 22 and 80. I know that 22 only works with keys so it should be
> safe but what about Apache? Then there is the bit about ping. Is there
> anyreason I should NOT turn it off?

It's Apache - you either want to run an externally accessible web site, or
not.  It's up to you.

As for ping, every once in a very long while, I try to ping my system, only
to remember my firewall drops ICMP packets and doesn't respond to pings. 
There's not a lot of need for it.  I certainly don't care if anybody _else_
can ping me.
-- 
derek