incoming ssh/sftp blocked by iptables

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 05:08:40PM -0400, Fulko.Hew at sita.aero wrote:
> That makes it even _more_ complicated for the
> end user to try to get a working system.

Sure. While ease of use is a laudible goal, ease of blowing your head off
can stand to be somewhat restricted. This isn't meant to be elitist, but the
simple fact is that running complicated network servers _should_ take a
minimal level of understanding.



> After looking at that, it makes me wonder why it thinks my
> security level is "Enable firewall", when I told it originally
> "no firewall" during install time.

A Bug. :)

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