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| From: | "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@×××××.net> | ||
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| To: | Oliver Schad <o.schad@×××.de>, gentoo-security@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? | ||
| Date: | Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:21:06 | ||
| Message-Id: | 004901c3d5f2$04dcb180$d037630a@nic.target.com | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? by Oliver Schad |
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| 1 | Oliver Schad wrote: |
| 2 | > |
| 3 | > That's right. But no answer means there is somebody who doesn't |
| 4 | > answer. Only if the last router before the target says "Hey, there is |
| 5 | > nobody", then there is nobody (or there is an really intelligent guy, |
| 6 | > that wants to hide his host). |
| 7 | > |
| 8 | > To hide a host is always very stupid, why should you do this? There |
| 9 | > is no advantage. If you "hide" your computer an attacker knows there |
| 10 | > is an stupid guy who doesn't know anything about network security. |
| 11 | > |
| 12 | > mfg |
| 13 | > Oli |
| 14 | |
| 15 | One reason ... it slows down various scans. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Tom Veldhouse |
| 18 | |
| 19 | -- |
| 20 | gentoo-security@g.o mailing list |
| Subject | Author |
|---|---|
| Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? | Oliver Schad <o.schad@×××.de> |
| Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? | Frank Gruellich <frank@××××××××××××.org> |
| Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? | Alexander Schreiber <als@××××××××××××.de> |