diff --git a/_posts/2015-06-12-ufw.md b/_posts/2015-06-12-ufw.md index d13dfe0..4c9e53a 100644 --- a/_posts/2015-06-12-ufw.md +++ b/_posts/2015-06-12-ufw.md @@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ ufw allow 60000:61000/udp * Put the firewall in force. * 113/ident — Allow identd to be reached, probably all my hosts run it for IRC. + * If some host doesn't run it use `ufw reject 113` so the IRC server + asking for your ident is replied "Connection refused" and the + connecting happens faster as you aren't force to wait for timeout. + * I am not sure if this is faster than running ident, but my + recommendation is to allow it if you run it and otherwise reject. + Deny forces you to wait for timeout as your firewall says + nothing. * 631/cups — Allow access to cups for printer sharing * 5060/sip — VoIP, in this case Linphone * 5353/mdns/Avahi — used for `.local` addresses