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Date:      25 Feb 2001 14:15:32 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Alexandr Kovalenko <neve_ripe@yahoo.com>
Cc:        Alex Hayward <xelah@xelah.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Re[4]: ipfw drop syn+fin
Message-ID:  <xzplmquj43v.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Alexandr Kovalenko's message of "Sun, 25 Feb 2001 14:54:13 %2B0200"
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10102231024230.15158-100000@sphinx.mythic-beasts.com> <xzpelwnj66j.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15867369422.20010225143757@yahoo.com> <xzp66hzj5ki.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <xzp1ysnj5ha.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <12068345205.20010225145413@yahoo.com>

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Alexandr Kovalenko <neve_ripe@yahoo.com> writes:
> I'm running heavily loaded freemail/freeforum/freechat/free*
> webserver, could it be the reason for adding TCP_DROP_SYNFIN? Can I be
> target of these things?

TCP_DROP_SYNFIN and TCP_RESTRICT_RST were developed specifically to
prevent nmap from reporting useful information about machines that use
them, and is probably only useful in the very peculiar world that
EFNet IRC servers live in. TCP_RESTRICT_RST should probably be dyked
out now that we have blackhole(4), and TCP_DROP_SYNFIN should be
changed to rewrite packets instead of dropping them, and made non-
optional.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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