6 Dec
2012
6 Dec
'12
7:25 p.m.
On Thu, Dec 06, 2012 at 11:08:07AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I always have ignored turning off the firewall; it is not hard in Gnome to alter basic firewall behaviour and allow for ports like 576 (or whatever that SMTP port is; not looking it up right now).
In the past, turning selinux to permissive was my first step in setup, followed by moving SSH's port. Now I leave it as is and learn how to use semanage.
What an absolute lovely breath of fresh air :) Someone that actually takes their job seriously and makes use of the tools provided. This is so refreshing from the normal selinux-related nonsense that pervades the world.
John
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