From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 11:05:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89DEA16A4CE for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:05:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-85.apple.com [17.250.248.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8F9F43FD7 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:05:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paulbeard@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hASJ5sWQ022222 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:05:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.8] (12-231-115-57.client.attbi.com [12.231.115.57]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id hASJ5saN023615 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:05:54 -0800 (PST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v606) In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20031128121513.00abd1e0@209.152.117.178> References: <20031128165951.GA44168@keyslapper.org> <20031128165951.GA44168@keyslapper.org> <5.1.0.14.2.20031128121513.00abd1e0@209.152.117.178> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: paul beard Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 11:05:52 -0800 To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.606) Subject: Re: adaptive stealth in ipfw? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 19:05:55 -0000 On Nov 28, 2003, at 10:18 AM, W. D. wrote: > I'd be very interested in seeing some fair criticism of what > Steve Gibson is doing. However, www.GRCsucks.com seems to have > a number of broken links. Where the links work, the verbiage > seems to be more confusing than clarifying. > I found that to be the case as well. It looks like there is a kernel of truth to some of the allegations (ie, a false sense of security is worse than no security at all), but if anyone can recommend a reliable and accurate security scanner (other than a friend with netsaint), could they share it? Thanks. -- Paul Beard paulbeard [at] mac.com