Re: OpenBSD Firewalls

[Lars Hansson <lars@unet.net.ph>]

On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 08:10:13AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
> Editing the plain configuration file should not be allowed for the 
> untrained user,

One could argue that the untrained user has no business performing
those tasks to begin with.

>so I consider a GUI or a shell as a security feature as it 
> prevents
> the user from entering non-working configuration data, IMHO.

No it does not. It might prevent them from entering /invalid/ data
but that's not the same as non-working data.

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Lars Hansson