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Re: Why not have firewall rules by default?

From: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs(at)computer.org>
Date: Tue Jan 29 2008 - 19:32:04 EST

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 06:43:27PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > Debian has a policy to install as few network services as possible in a
> > default install and bind them to the loopback interface if possible.
>
> Where is this described in Policy?

Maybe 'policy' was a rather strict word. Actually, it's more "best practices" the people handling the Debian installation system try to have it enable (i.e. install) as few services as possible in a default install.

Regards

Javier

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