11.04 firewall not on by default??

[Chuck Peters]

Wes James said:
> 
> I thought all (most??) linux distros (all i've used in the past -
> redhat, fedor, opensuse) had a firewall on by default.  This sight
> even says 11.04 has a firewall on by default:

I think the site is wrong.  Linux Desktop distributions as well as 
servers do not typically have firewalls by default.  The default 
installs do not install services that open ports unless you add services 
like ssh and postgres.

Even if you install ssh and postgres you may not need a firewall.  You 
can configure postgres to only listen to localhost and require ssh 
authorization keys.


Chuck