On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 09:50 -0500, Scot L. Harris wrote: > I just checked and with port 631 blocked I can still access the cups > configuration via the web browser http://localhost:631. > > Why again is this open to the world? Why do I want someone external > to the box to be able to configure printers? I can't think of a reason why that port would be open to the world, but there are reasons to open it to a local network: It's not just used for configuring the printer, it's used *for* network printing. -- Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
