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Date:      Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:13:43 +0000
From:      Philip Reynolds <phil@Redbrick.DCU.IE>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is PortSentry really safe to use?
Message-ID:  <20020318191343.B4432@prodigy.Redbrick.DCU.IE>
In-Reply-To: <20020318183415.E1000@dedog.argus-systems.co.uk>; from cameron@argus-systems.com on Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 06:34:15PM %2B0000
References:  <2332.213.112.58.232.1016226432.squirrel@phucking.kicks-ass.org> <20020318183415.E1000@dedog.argus-systems.co.uk>

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Fergus Cameron's [cameron@argus-systems.com] 43 lines of wisdom included:
> surely it wouldn't be possible to spoof an attack 'through' a gateway ?
> would the gateway not reject the traffic as invalid ?  otherwise it
> would pass traffic apparently from itself but recieved on the wrong
> interface.
> 
> 	? ?
> 
> i realise the principle of the problem still applies - but would this
> specific application work ?

A good comparison of Port Sentry and Snort is at:
http://www.linux.ie/articles/portsentryandsnortcompared.php

Phil.

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