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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


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