Date: 25 Feb 2001 13:35:19 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Brent <brentb@loa.com>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: strange port activity Message-ID: <xzpae7bj5yw.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Kris Kennaway's message of "Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:39:00 -0800" References: <005a01c09d15$adb0e7e0$e32b82d0@cybertours.com> <20010222133900.A7570@mollari.cthul.hu>
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Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> writes: > [...] It's the same problem which causes people > with Windows "personal firewall" software to go to red alert when they > see a remote system returning an ICMP Unreachable packet at them, > because the software is too trigger-happy and tells them they're being > hacked. Because firewall software that tells the clueless user "somebody tried to hack you, but fortunately you're running Acme Personall Firewall so they didn't succeed" sells a whole lot better than firewall software that truthfully says "nobody knows or cares that you exist". DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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