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teo_zerolast Sunday at 7:19 AM1 replyview on HN

Aren't firewall rules part of the "configuration" the OP talked about?


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mjochimlast Sunday at 10:15 AM

No, because you can install and configure the firewall before you install package X. (without knowing anything about X, your firewall defaults can just prevent X from doing anything)

But you can't (easily) configure package X itself before you install it; and after you install it, it runs immediately so you only get to configure it after the first run.