[hblug] Re: Getting Broardband

[chris morris]

Tony Hughes wrote:
> Without a firewall on any system, then a bad guy can access any 
> services on your machine(s) that are open to either attack, or simple 
> sharing.
> Linux is no exception to this.
> Regards,
> Tony Hughes
I've never had a firewall on my linux boxes - and never had any ( external ) trouble either...

I just did an online port probe here http://probe.hackerwatch.org/probe/probe.asp

and came up all secure, so I dont bother with firewalls on linux boxes.

chris