Once upon a time, Adam Williamson <awilliam(a)redhat.com> said:
I use it as a safety net for much this reason. I am not comfortable
with
100% guaranteeing that 'helpful' services we install by default like
Avahi are not doing things I really wouldn't want them to do when I
connect to some open wifi network.
So, you don't trust the services that are installed by default, but you
do trust the installed default firewall config?
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.