Re: No NetBios share + No Open Port = Safe Win98?

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2006-09-27 gmx wrote:
> Monday, September 25, 2006, 6:11:13 PM, you wrote:
> > For DDOS and flood attacks make sure you have a nice firewall set up
> > and you should be fine.
>
> Erm what ? As far as i know, no private firewall is able to stand
> against a strong DDOS, and corporate firewalls are only able to
> mitigate it, not more.

Huh? A DDoS usually means that someone tries to consume the entire
bandwidth of your uplink. How could any kind of firewall mitigate that?
AFAICS this can only be handled upstream by your provider and his peers.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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