comp.os.linux.networking

Ignoramus9437 wrote:
>
> Thanks. Just double checking, do you know this for a fact or just
> guessing?
>
> Some services are good about checking whether a connection comes from
> a local address, and some allow all machines and defer this question
> to the firewall.
>
> i

You can check your /etc/cups/cupsd.conf and make sure you have either:


Order allow,deny
Allow @LOCAL


Or something similar (for instance Allow 10.*, Allow 127.* or Allow
@IF(eth1) (if your local network is at eth1 and internet at eth0)) defined.

But I would still also configure a firewall...

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Best regards Jacob Tranholm
Karl R. Popper: Observation statements and statements of experimental
results are always interpretations of the facts observed.