Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:24:23 +0200 From: Richard Verwayen <holle@ackw.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Automatic Firewall software? Message-ID: <1097828663.9165.23.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20041014210906.761aa524@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net> References: <200410131404.i9DE4ONU047345@bmcgover-pc.cisco.com> <4ACDF26414DB010421A6AD6C@utd49554.utdallas.edu> <eefbdb7204101412073ecd8ae3@mail.gmail.com> <20041014210906.761aa524@vixen42.24-119-122-191.cpe.cableone.net>
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On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 04:09, Vulpes Velox wrote: > > Doesn't Portsentry ignore ports that have a service bound to them > > like the SSH daemon? In that case, it wouldn't help Brian's problem, > > since ssh is running, portsentry would ignore any attacks to port > > 22, right? > > Move it and the like to a non-common port if one can. :) Security by obscurity??? ======================== NO! There is a tiny little configuration file to change portsentries behaviour! So tell portsentry not to listen on used ports! Richard
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