incoming ssh/sftp blocked by iptables

[shmuel siegel]

On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 00:02, Fulko.Hew at sita.aero wrote:
> The trouble... for dumb users... is that if they enable SSH
> they won't know that they _also_ need to re-config their firewall.
> They'll just complain that stuff doesn't work.
I am not sure that I fully understand your premise. I enable httpd on my
machine so that I can test various things. I would not want my actions
to open the firewall behind my back. Or do you mean that the user should
be asked if he wants the firewall opened?