Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:17:56 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NATD: failed to write packet back (Permission denied) Message-ID: <3A253A44.D7EA9113@softweyr.com> References: <001701c057c4$1e1ac010$0200a8c0@n2> <20001126110756.C34151@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <000b01c057dd$f9423ab0$0200a8c0@n2> <20001126113720.A70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <3A2183E7.6039C582@FreeBSD.org> <20001126140033.E70192@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> <3A218C5B.9F677E51@FreeBSD.org> <200011270130.UAA88239@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <3A221402.D88321D8@softweyr.com> <14882.49100.131730.989201@nomad.yogotech.com> <3A24AC77.51EF28C@softweyr.com> <200011291507.KAA16392@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote:
>
> <<On Wed, 29 Nov 2000 00:12:55 -0700, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> said:
>
> > I get scanned several times a day.
>
> My networks (12 x /16) get scanned continuously for one thing or
> another.[1] Everyone who puts a machine on the network is required to
> take responsibility for configuring it securely, and they know that
> I'll cut them off at the first hint of trouble. On my home machine, I
> am perfectly capable of only configuring those services which I
> actually need.
But you keep saying "on my home machine" and seem to insist that having
a single machine on the internet at home is somehow normal. It's not,
and it's becoming less normal at a rapid pace.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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