Gentoo Archives: gentoo-security

From: Oliver Schad <o.schad@×××.de>
To: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] iptables window of opportunity at startup
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:53:34
Message-Id: 43E9D9F8.60106@web.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] iptables window of opportunity at startup by Tobias Klausmann
1 Tobias Klausmann wrote:
2 > Hi!
3 >
4 > On Wed, 08 Feb 2006, Oliver Schad wrote:
5 >> > Why (outside of s specific attack in that area) would one *not*
6 >> > respond to pings? Outside from a specific attack in that area
7 >> > happening, I see no reason to do so.
8 >>
9 >> Everyone knows, that only stealthed hosts are secure. To archive this,
10 >> you have to block not only icmp but also arp. ;-)
11 >
12 > I prefer diagonal cutters for that kind of security. A hardwall
13 > of the drastic kind, if you will.
14
15 Is this secure against earth radiation? I suggest you use some magic
16 crystals for protection.
17
18 > PS: On of our trainees has a teacher at school that said that
19 > ICMP was the "Hacker Protocol". Boy, did we had a laugh at his
20 > scripts.
21
22 InterCeption and Manipulating Protocol
23
24 Regards
25 Oli
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