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Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:30:12 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Steve Mickeler <steve@neptune.on.ca>, "mr. t" <n8412060@cc.wwu.edu>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: attack notification via email
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20000124102833.01dd02d0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000124092523.28150B-100000@triton.neptune.o n.ca>
References:  <Pine.SOL.4.05.10001212327040.29499-100000@titan.cc.wwu.edu>

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At 07:32 AM 1/24/2000 , Steve Mickeler wrote:

>The first is PortSentry which is designed to detect and respond to port
>scans against a target host in real-time.

The Web page claims that it only detects stealth scans under Linux,
alas. It apparently will detect scans that involve opening a normal
socket under FreeBSD, but most experienced crackers won't do
this -- too conspicuous.

--Brett



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