ubuntu post installation hardening

[Derek Broughton]

Thorny wrote:

> On Mon, 18 May 2009 18:46:29 +0100, loner posted:
> 
>>[Brian McKee]> Ubuntu out of the box is 'good enough' for many (most?)
>>people.
>> 
>> Firewall?
>> 
> 
> If all ports are closed by default?

That is, of course, "good enough for most people", but I have to admit I 
find it a bit scary - it's way too easy for a user to open up ports without 
knowing the potential consequences (say, sudo aptitude install telnetd).
-- 
derek