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From: Mark Hurst <mark@××××××.net>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions?
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2004 07:03:14
Message-Id: 20040109180104.1282ec5e.mark@gumrak.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? by Oliver Schad
1 > Not really. And why should a network scan be dangerous? Security by
2 > obscurity doesn't work. You can scan a well configured host all day
3 > long, who cares?
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5 Why run a firewall at all if your hosts are so well configured?
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7 If security by obscurity doesn't work, why not publish details of your
8 internal network on the Internet, or allow zone transfers from anywhere?
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10 The whole point is to make yourself less attractive as a target.
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12 Are you really saying that you would have no problem with an external
13 source running Nessus against your entire internal network?
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Re: [gentoo-security] firewall suggestions? Frank Gruellich <frank@××××××××××××.org>