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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. 


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