Is arch linux safe to be connected to the net just after install?

Is it secured enough to be connected to the net after install and all updates applied or do I have to do some additional configuration to make harden it?

IMHO every home computer should be connected to a recent and good name brand NAT router. Even if you only have one computer, I still recommend running it behind a good router.
With the default /etc/rc.conf file, there are only four daemons started at boot up. If you put your out of the box Arch install behind a properly optioned NAT router, you should be safe for E-mail, browsing, messaging, downloading Arch updates, etc. After that it's up to you to use some common sense about what web sites you visit.
Here is a good tutorial on NAT routers. If you are interested in computer security, it is a good read. While you are at that site, you can go to ShieldsUp, click on proceed, then in the blue box, click on "All Service ports". This will probe the first 1056 ports and hopefully all your ports will be green and you get a "TrueStealth" rating.
If I turn on additional daemons, such as SAMBA or SSH, then I take a couple of additional precautions. These extra precautions aren't really necessary as long as you aren't doing any port forwarding on your router, but I tend to be on the paranoid side when it comes to security. Since I use Gnome, I install the Firestarter firewall. I know it isn't under development anymore, but since iptables hasn't changed since then, does it really matter? You also have to use a work around to start the GUI, but that is easy enough. gksu dbus-launch firestarter does the trick. Set up the firewall so that the smb service (SAMBA) and the ssh service only allow computers on your home network. Anything external to your network is not allowed. Then I use the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files to only allow computers on my home network. That should be good enough for a home network.
Now, if you want to open up ports and services that "Listen" to the world, such as Apache, mail servers, etc, then that is a whole new can of worms that is currently beyond my capabilities.
Pudge

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In the blink of an eye, both Thunderbird and Firefox have BOTH STOPPED connecting to the Net. let me share with you what I have done... and what has been unsuccessful this far.
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