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Date:      Fri, 18 Feb 2000 04:22:27 +0900
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc hosts.allow
Message-ID:  <38AC4A73.DB68EB72@newsguy.com>
References:  <638.950814346@zippy.cdrom.com>

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"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote:
> 
> It's not a DoS attack unless you send email. :)

I sent the mail too fast. Here is what I meant instead...

Isn't silently dropping packets a much more efficient way of dealing
with attacks such as port scans, which are the ones most likely to
trigger hosts.allow rules?


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