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Re: I don't need no stinking firewall!
From: Bill Stewart <nonobvious () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:26:32 -0800
On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Warren Kumari <warren () kumari net> wrote:
I can now place a checkbox in the "Is there a firewall?" column of the <insert random acronym here> audit.
In most cases, you can check the same box if you use an appropriately designed stateless firewall instead of an inappropriate stateful firewall. (Not always, of course.) And it will keep out some fraction of noise and anklebiters, and optionally give you a place to hang limited intrusion detection, without providing an easy path for attackers to crash your connection. -- ---- Thanks; Bill Note that this isn't my regular email account - It's still experimental so far. And Google probably logs and indexes everything you send it.
Current thread:
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall!, (continued)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Dobbins, Roland (Jan 09)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Michael K. Smith (Jan 10)
- RE: I don't need no stinking firewall! George Bonser (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Randy Bush (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Brian Keefer (Jan 10)
- RE: I don't need no stinking firewall! George Bonser (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Dobbins, Roland (Jan 10)
- RE: I don't need no stinking firewall! George Bonser (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Warren Kumari (Jan 13)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Dobbins, Roland (Jan 13)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Bill Stewart (Jan 14)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Joe Maimon (Jan 14)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Valdis . Kletnieks (Jan 08)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Joe Greco (Jan 08)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! James Hess (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Dobbins, Roland (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! William Herrin (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! William Herrin (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! James Hess (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Dobbins, Roland (Jan 10)
- Re: I don't need no stinking firewall! Joe Greco (Jan 10)