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RE: FW: BlackIce Defender???
From: sean.kelly () lanston com
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:01:51 -0400
From: R. DuFresne [mailto:dufresne () sysinfo com] I musty be really confused, backofficer is a firewall? I thought it was merely a port listener, comprable to netcat or nukenabber, but hardly a fully functional firewall utility of any sort...
One thing to be said about NukeNabber -- it will close ports if they are scanned and can close down all vulnerable ports in the event that a full portscan is detected (I think it triggers after 5 ports being scanned in a short time). Combined with its reporting features (including reverse lookups, etc) I've had it successfully protect machines from quite a few attacks. Granted I wouldn't want to rely on it as the sole means of defense against a sustained attack, but it's definately a step in the right direction. And you can't beat free... Sean
Current thread:
- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender???, (continued)
- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? R. DuFresne (Oct 27)
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- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? Marcus J. Ranum (Oct 27)
- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? Craig H. Rowland (Oct 28)
- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? R. DuFresne (Oct 27)
- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? Crispin Cowan (Oct 27)
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- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? (and CVE again) Adam Shostack (Oct 28)
- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? Rick Smith (Oct 27)
- RE: FW: BlackIce Defender??? Anton J Aylward (Oct 27)
- RE: FW: BlackIce Defender??? LUCIUS (Oct 30)
- Re: FW: BlackIce Defender??? Craig H. Rowland (Oct 29)