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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Tim Lyons wrote: > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Matthew J. Brodeur wrote: > <SNIP> > > I personally would remove ipchains completely on a system like this, > > but that's up to you. > > > </SNIP> > > I have to ask - why? If you can add an additonal layer of protection to > your system by ensuring that no unintended services can operate - then > what's the harm? Since this is a Red Hat 7.1 system it should have BOTH iptables and ipchains installed. IPTables provides all of the functionality of the older ipchains and more. Having both installed doesn't make a lot of sense, especially considering that only one can be used at any time. I didn't mean to imply that host based firewalling was a bad idea or that the tools to do so should be discarded. In this case it's simply a matter of clearing away needless clutter. - -- -Matt Computer programmers know how to use their hardware. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE74uycc8/WFSz+GKMRAujOAJ9Oe7DntB5GNNxb9ZKmHHbg8AP7wACfd/xH D8zteN+yCM6mFmFxLe59Gv8= =IMBd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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