Re: 53 udp/tcp

From: Doug Fox (dfox168@hotmail.com)
Date: 11/28/02 

From: "Doug Fox" <dfox168@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 09:00:14 -0500

Juergen;

The rule (FW-1) allows out-bound (out-going) traffic. Could "external"
intruders tunnel their traffic through that port? How is it achieved?

Many thanks again.

"Juergen Nieveler" <juergen.nieveler.nospam@arcor.de> wrote in message
news:Xns92D4961CFC8F2juergennieveler@nieveler-43544.user.cis.dfn.de...
> "Doug Fox" <dfox168@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What could be the possible of exposure/risks having port 53 udp/tcp
> > opened for out-bound traffic.
>
> Somebody could tunnel his traffic through DNS requests...
>
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