[all / linux] neo as gps unit?

Al Johnson openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk
Sat Aug 22 15:02:32 CEST 2009


On Saturday 22 August 2009, Stroller wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2009, at 16:15, Al Johnson wrote:
> > On Friday 21 August 2009, Olivier Migeot wrote:
> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 4:44 PM, Helge
> >>
> >> Hafting<helge.hafting at hist.no> wrote:
> >>> Could that be the default configuration?
> >>
> >> That would also listen on ppp0. Which could be problematic if - dunno
> >> if many operators do that - its IP is directly reachable from the
> >> Wild
> >> (i.e. anybody could be able to know where you are... ).
> >
> > Then block it in the default iptables rules
>
> Is iptables sure to be running by default?

If it isn't already then it should be, with some sensibly safe defaults. Since 
we're talking about changing default settings I don't see why we shouldn't 
consider the default state of iptables too.



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