Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 21:21:17 -0500 (EST) From: Spike Gronim <spork@pigstuy.dyn.ml.org> To: Brian Gallucci <brian@briang.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port Scanning -> Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981121211910.276B-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <008c01be151a$b992ef20$2900a8c0@desktop.briang.org>
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On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Brian Gallucci wrote: > Hello, I running IPFW and what to know is their a way to stop people from > doing a port scan on my boxes ? > I looked at ICMP, but I dont want to kill the ping command.. > > Thanks > -Brian If you block data to/from a given port, port scanning that port will be fairly useless. Set IPFREWALL_VERBOSE in your kernel config to log data hitting yoru firewall, so you will be able to know if someone attempts to port scan you. -Spike Gronim sporkl@ix.netcom.com The majority only rules those who let them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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