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Date:      Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:05:47 +0100 (BST)
From:      =?iso-8859-1?q?Supote=20Leelasupphakorn?= <pjn0211@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Why must I use firewall ?
Message-ID:  <20030624110547.12094.qmail@web40614.mail.yahoo.com>

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Hi, all

   So far, I known firewall is a choice when I want 
to protect my boxes from crackers but my question is
if I closed the service I don't use (such as port 25
for STMP) so the cracker out there can't attack,
what's the reason "firewall" come to play ?

Thanks in advance,

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