Re: Can I protect my RedHat 7.2 box from port scanning?

From: Massimo Ciscato (massimo.ciscato_at_pandora.be)
Date: 06/06/03 

Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 14:04:53 GMT

 at linuxsecurity.org/etc was that the user seemed quite inexperienced
> with handling his RH.
...
> Sure, it's not advisable, but it's easy and he won't get cracked by
> forgetting to upgrade this or that.
...

Hi everybody!

I see your point, Khayman, and it is a good one. But if you go for that,
than you have to keep two things in mind:

1) However simple the firewall is to manage, you still need to know how to
do that and you must configure it well.

2) Don't forget to keep up with upgrades of your firewall, whatever that is.

What must be avoided is having that false sense of security that makes you
think "ok, I have a firewall, so I am safe".
But we are sliping a bit away from the topic of the thread, indeed.

Ciao

Massimo

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