RE: FW: BlackIce Defender???

[sean.kelly () lanston com]

> 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