[leafnode-list] Re: (OT) recommendations for news service?

[Matthias Andree]

Adam Funk <adam00f at ducksburg.com> writes:

> On Tuesday 31 January 2006 20:52, Adam Funk wrote:
>
>> > What is your local network configuration, do you have routers or
>> > firewalls on your computer? If so, what kind of firewall 
>
> Just the Linksys cable/DSL router with a couple of ports (not related to 
> nntp) forwarded.  I don't need to listen on any ports for leafnode, do I?

No explicit port opens needed. The firewall/router needs to let DNS
replies and other obvious stuff through, but you can take that for
granted.

>> > and what 
>> > operating system and version (including kernel version) are you
>> > using?
>
> Debian testing/unstable
> 2.4.27-2-386 #1 

Looks sane on the provision that it has all needed security fixes.

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Matthias Andree