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Hi! |
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On Wed, 08 Feb 2006, Oliver Schad wrote: |
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> > Why (outside of s specific attack in that area) would one *not* |
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> > respond to pings? Outside from a specific attack in that area |
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> > happening, I see no reason to do so. |
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> Everyone knows, that only stealthed hosts are secure. To archive this, |
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> you have to block not only icmp but also arp. ;-) |
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I prefer diagonal cutters for that kind of security. A hardwall |
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of the drastic kind, if you will. |
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Regards, |
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Tobias |
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PS: On of our trainees has a teacher at school that said that |
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ICMP was the "Hacker Protocol". Boy, did we had a laugh at his |
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scripts. |
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You don't need eyes to see, you need vision. |
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