Re: Probes on Port 135 and 445 continue

From: Skorpion (skorpion_at_newsgroups.cetro.nil)
Date: 10/13/04

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    Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:56:34 -0500

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    Leythos regaled us with the following:

    >
    > And from your reasoning, since my home has paint on it and a protective
    > shell and windows, it could be a car also - NOT.

    Now *there* is a logically drawn conclusion...

    >
    > From your reply I would guess that you've never owned or managed a real
    > firewall device?

    And, I wonder, how did you arrive at that from my reply?

    >
    > What firewall appliances have you managed, installed, maintained, spec'd
    > for a corporate office?
    >

    Immaterial.
    Suffice to say "that which is/was required".
    Has no bearing on the issue...
    It is not your experience I call into question; only your terminology.

    I simply state that your assertion that only the highest-end devices can
    rightly be termed "firewall" is faulty.

    Having said that, and as I discovered in the other discussion in the other
    group, you will fail to recognize that a device that can do something more
    than translate a public IP to a private IP is more than a NAT device.

    I will not attempt to change your opinion. But it is interesting to note
    that you are having this "debate" with other folks in other news groups.

    Hmmm...

    - --
    Skorpion [skorpion at suespammers dot org]
    "Don't attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by
    stupidity."

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