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Date:      Sun, 27 May 2001 21:27:46 -0500
From:      Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>
To:        David Banning <david@banning.com>, David Banning <sky_tracker@yahoo.com>, Lim Seng Chor <Lim.Seng.Chor@sit.edu.my>
Cc:        david@banning.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: telnet security question
Message-ID:  <01052721274601.00863@mark9.vladsempire.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010527170228.B4092@yahoo.com>
References:  <200105270809.f4R89ZB01609@d.tracker> <3B11271E.13364.8EF1A94@localhost> <20010527170228.B4092@yahoo.com>

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On Sunday 27 May 2001 17:02, David Banning wrote:
> I notice you didn't mention a firewall. What would be your reasons
> for the points you suggested versus a firewall, which was someone
> else's suggestion?
>
> On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 04:22:39PM +0800, Lim Seng Chor wrote:
> > (1) Block the telnet packet to your destination host at your
> > router/gateway

Point #1 is assuming that you are running some sort of packet filtering 
software on your router/gateway.  You can read that as "firewall".  ;)

Josh


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