Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 21:48:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: David Goddard <goddard@acm.org> Cc: Domas Mituzas <domas.mituzas@delfi.lt>, <scheidell@fdma.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Connection attempts (& active ids) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104252147260.8017-100000@achilles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <3AE744B2.186E5793@acm.org>
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On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, David Goddard wrote: > Simply by being sat there listening to port 111, portsentry blocks > several probably compromised systems a day from talking to my servers. > Why should I not use it as a part of my security strategy? Soooooo... if you weren't running portsentry, wouldn't they be talking to a closed port, and hence leave you alone as well? Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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