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Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default

From	Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default
Date	2018-09-23 23:00 +0200
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2018 18:58:07 +0100
Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:

> On Sun 23 Sep 2018 at 00:05:58 +0100, mick crane wrote:
> 
> > On 2018-09-21 18:29, Subhadip Ghosh wrote:
> >  Debian is a Universal OS.  
> > > 
> > > I wouldn't say whatever you said, doesn't make sense. I wish there
> > > were an easier way to know about it when I started using the OS,
> > > something to warn me that I need to configure the firewall to
> > > suit my needs. Maybe because I came from a different OS where the
> > > defaults were stricter, my expectations about the defaults were
> > > different. 
> > 
> > fell foul of this years ago. installed OS, naively went on IRC
> > while looking about at what was installed.
> > "oh, I seem to have ports open"
> > 20 seconds later somebody took over my account"  
> 
> Tough.
> 
> > Rapidly pulls cable and reinstalls.  
> 
> And never used IRC again. :)
> 
> > Some sort of a warning during installation.
> > "there is no firewall running, You should probably set up some
> > rules"
> > 
> > would be helpful.  
> 
> The ordinary user's eyes would glaze over. The installation process is
> ok as it is.
> 

There are firewall applications which can produce fairly sensible
defaults painlessly, towards which a hint might be made. If you need
more control, learn iptables early, you will eventually anyway.

-- 
Joe

Thread

Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 05:10 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-09-21 05:30 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 05:40 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-09-21 05:50 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 07:10 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 19:40 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-21 19:10 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 19:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:00 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:10 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 21:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 21:50 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-09-23 01:10 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-23 20:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-23 23:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-24 00:00 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 09:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 11:20 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 13:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-22 13:40 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 17:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 20:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-09-24 05:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 05:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-24 09:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 11:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-24 11:40 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 14:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-09-22 20:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 22:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-22 22:40 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-22 23:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Simon Kengelbacher <simon.kengelbacher@mail.ch> - 2018-09-22 23:50 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-23 00:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Simon Kengelbacher <simon.kengelbacher@mail.ch> - 2018-09-23 00:20 +0200
                SSH X forwarding going awry (Was: Why does Debian allow all incoming  traffic by default) Étienne Mollier <etienne.mollier@mailoo.org> - 2018-09-23 11:40 +0200
                Re: SSH X forwarding going awry FIXED (Was: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-23 16:10 +0200
                Re: SSH X forwarding going awry FIXED (Was: Why does Debian allow  all incoming traffic by default) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-23 23:00 +0200
                Re: SSH X forwarding going awry FIXED (Was: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default) Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-09-24 04:50 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 21:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-23 00:00 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 21:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-24 21:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-26 15:50 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-26 17:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-26 19:30 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-22 15:50 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 16:50 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 20:50 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-09-21 15:00 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 18:30 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 20:20 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-09-21 21:10 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 23:20 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 23:40 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-22 00:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 09:10 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-22 15:50 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 09:50 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 12:00 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 13:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 13:30 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-09-22 22:00 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-09-22 22:20 +0200
                Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 23:40 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-09-22 12:10 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-22 12:40 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 13:10 +0200
    netstat (was: Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-09-21 20:00 +0200
      Re: netstat Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 20:20 +0200
        Re: netstat rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-09-22 20:50 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 20:50 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Henning Follmann <hfollmann@itcfollmann.com> - 2018-09-24 21:30 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-26 15:50 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pablo Álvarez Córdoba <pabloalvarezcordoba@protonmail.ch> - 2018-09-21 18:30 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Subhadip Ghosh <subhadip.sky@gmail.com> - 2018-09-21 19:30 +0200
  Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-09-22 00:10 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-22 09:40 +0200
      Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 10:40 +0200
        Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-22 13:20 +0200
          Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-22 17:10 +0200
            Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-09-23 10:50 +0200
              Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2018-09-27 14:00 +0200
    Re: Why does Debian allow all incoming traffic by default Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2018-09-24 20:50 +0200

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