RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] network scanning?

["McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

The only problem with portsentry (and things like it) is that if someone
spoofs a scan from your default gateway and/or your name server, you're
screwed.

--J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Bradshaw [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 1:50 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] network scanning?
> 
> 
> If you're terribly worried about scans, just install 
> Portsentry. They'll
> get one scan, then be added to /etc/hosts.deny. That will 
> keep computer
> crackers away.
> 
> As far as I'm concerned, the more unauthorized scans a 
> machine receives
> without a breach of security, the more secure it is. I like 
> to know that
> several have tried, but no one has suceeded. It's not an egotistical
> thing, but something to measure the amount of security tests it has
> passed.
> 
> If your security is so bad that you have to press charges for 
> unauthorized
> scans instead of making your systems so secure that scans 
> won't show wide
> open holes, then your priorities are all wrong. Use a secure 
> OS (Linux,
> OpenBSD, etc.) and keep it secure.
> 
> Regards,
> Neil
> 
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