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Date:      Tue, 17 Aug 1999 13:31:18 +0930 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dropping connections without RST
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990817133118.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199908170356.UAA10363@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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On 17-Aug-99 Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
>  Would I use it in place of ipfw for what the original person asked
>  about, no way, not in a million years.  If I want a box secure it
>  is going to have ipfw or ipfilter rules down to the last detail.
>  Why, well, it would prevent some junior admin from defeating policy
>  by starting up something we don't want anyone to connect to on that
>  box, like ftpd...
>  
>  IMHO, this know would give some folks a false since of security,
>  but not so much that I would argue about keeping it out.  

Well, I'm all in favour for allowing people to shoot themselves in the foot :)

IMHO its OK if there is a warning about it. 

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum

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