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Re: Botnets, IRC servers and firewalls?
From: Gwendolynn ferch Elydyr <gwen () reptiles org>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 17:39:04 -0500 (EST)
On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, M. Dodge Mumford wrote:
While the IRC traffic you mention may or may not be increasing[1], the underlying problem you identify is not new. Firewall administration has become so simple that many refuse to think about it. It's just the bad evil people on the outside that holds administrator's attention.. Little contingency is made for what happens when[2] someone gets in.
Avi did an interesting presentation based on his work at Lumeta on a configuration parser, talking about the number of misconfigurations they'd found in the average Firewall-1 installation. It certainly speaks to your point that many people aren't actually doing what they think they are with their firewalls. cheers! ========================================================================== "A cat spends her life conflicted between a deep, passionate and profound desire for fish and an equally deep, passionate and profound desire to avoid getting wet. This is the defining metaphor of my life right now." _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com http://honor.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: Botnets, IRC servers and firewalls? Mordechai T. Abzug (Feb 02)
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- Re: Botnets, IRC servers and firewalls? Mordechai T. Abzug (Feb 02)
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- Re: Botnets, IRC servers and firewalls? M. Dodge Mumford (Feb 02)