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Date:      Wed, 11 Nov 2015 00:55:18 -0800
From:      Micheas Herman <m@micheas.net>
To:        "freebsd-security@freebsd.org" <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: OpenSSH HPN
Message-ID:  <CAJw6ijn2opm3nFO9-h%2Bh3zk6=eaO9fXdCnOEgOzqr-SevuyU0w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20151111075930.GR65715@funkthat.com>
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:59 PM, John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> wrote:
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> <snip>
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> If you have a trusted network, why not just use nc?


Defense in depth for starters.

The ipfw how to guide I learned from years ago, started with the
statement that a
firewall should be a shield in front of machines that don't need the shield.

Security is hard, and you will get it wrong (everyone does),
accidentally exposing
an encrypted stream is much less of a mistake than exposing a plaint
text stream.


>
>
> --
>   John-Mark Gurney                              Voice: +1 415 225 5579
>
>      "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."
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