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diff --git a/docs/installer/en/firewall.xml b/docs/installer/en/firewall.xml deleted file mode 100644 index d363e197..00000000 --- a/docs/installer/en/firewall.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:ns5="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:ns4="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:ns3="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xml:id="firewall" version="5.0"> - <info> - <title xml:id="firewall-ti1">Firewall</title> - </info> - - <para xml:id="firewall-pa1" revision="1">This section allows to configure - some simple firewall rules: they determine which type of message from the - Internet will be accepted by the target system. This, in turn, allows the - corresponding services on the system to be accessible from the - Internet.</para> - - <para>In the default setting, no button is checked - no service of the - system is accessibly from the network. The "<emphasis>Everything (no - firewall)</emphasis>" button has a particular role: it enables access to all - services of the machine - an option that does not make much sense in the - context of the installer since it would create a totally unprotected system. - Its veritable use is in the context of the Mageia Control Center (which uses - the same GUI layout) for temporarily disabling the entire set of firewall - rules for testing and debugging purposes.</para> - - <para>All other checkbuttons are more or less self-explanatory. As an - example, you will check the "CUPS server" button if you want printers on - your machine to be accessible from the network.</para> - - <para><emphasis role="bold">Advanced</emphasis></para> - - <para>The set of checkbuttons only comprises the most common services. The - "Advanced" button allows to enable messages that correspond to a service for - which no checkbutton exists. The "<emphasis>Advanced</emphasis>" button - opens a window where you can enable a series of services by typing a list of - couples (blank separated)</para> - - <para><emphasis><port-number>/<protocol></emphasis></para> - - <simplelist> - <member>- <emphasis><port-number></emphasis> is the value of the - port assigned to the service you want to enable (e.g. 873 for the RSYNC - service) as defined in <emphasis>RFC-433</emphasis>;</member> - - <member>- <emphasis><protocol></emphasis> is one of - <emphasis>TCP</emphasis> or <emphasis>UDP</emphasis> - the internet - protocol that is used by the service.</member> - </simplelist> - - <para>For instance, the entry for enabling access to the RSYNC service - therefore is <emphasis>873/tcp</emphasis>.</para> - - <para>In case a service is implemented to use both protocols, you specify 2 - couples for the same port.</para> -</section>
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