[vox-tech] firewall question

[Micah Cowan]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:20:25PM -0800, Nicole Carlson wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > web and ssh work fine just opening up 80/tcp and 22/tcp.   what exactly
> > are the udp ports used for?   is there any reason to open them up?
> 
> 1. Beats me.  Most services are connection-oriented.  The only "common"
> udp service I can think of is tftp.
> 2. None springs to mind.  Wall 'em off.

Doesn't DNS have a udp version?

But as far as 80 and 22, I don't think there should be a reason to
open those.  The more restrictive the better, so dump 'em.

Micah