From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 24 04:05:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DCE937B401 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:05:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web40614.mail.yahoo.com (web40614.mail.yahoo.com [66.218.78.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 27A0F43F85 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 04:05:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pjn0211@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030624110547.12094.qmail@web40614.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [202.183.248.166] by web40614.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:05:47 BST Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 12:05:47 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Supote=20Leelasupphakorn?= To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Why must I use firewall ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:05:47 -0000 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, ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/