Re: Do consider blocking port 6000 on the next installer (Was: Re: setenv in X11)
Re: Do consider blocking port 6000 on the next installer (Was: Re: setenv in X11)
- Subject: Re: Do consider blocking port 6000 on the next installer (Was: Re: setenv in X11)
- From: Jonas Maebe <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 22:16:51 +0100 (CET)
On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Rui Carmo wrote:
> Which reminds me (to the Apple people on this list) that adding a
> firewall setting (on Preferences|Sharing|Firewall) to block port 6000
> might be of some interest.
Blocking specific ports is bad firewall policy. You should block all ports
and open only the ones that you need. And guess what: that's exactly what
Apple does :) So currently, there is actually no default rule to unblock
6000 instead of the other way round.
Jonas
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