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From: Jeremie LE HEN <le-hen_j@epita.fr>
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> A quick glance raises this question about net.inet.tcp.blackhole, 
> net.inet.udp.blackhole, IPSTEALTH, and TCP_DROP_SYNFIN.  I'm sure there 
> are others.

I agree for the IPSTEALTH and TCP_DROP_SYNFIN options, but *.blackhole
options are quite useful if you want to open a range of port (for
example FTP passive port range) without appearing as non-firewalled.
This feature cannot be achieved using one of the available packet
filters on FreeBSD.

Regards,
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Jeremie LE HEN aka TtZ/TataZ                          jeremie.le-hen@epita.fr
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