Re: DROP or REJECT that is the question...

["Jamie Riden" <jamie.riden () gmail com>]

On 03/04/07, Mohamed Abdel Kader <mak.pen () gmail com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I wanted to gather your opinions on whether firewall rules should be Dropped
>
> Or Rejected. To me I believe that both give away the firewall rules.
>
>
>
> What does everyone out there think?

I agree. I don't think DROPping doesn't provides any extra security
but it can cause troubleshooting headaches, and long timeouts in some
cases, so I tend to reject instead.

cheers,
Jamie
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Jamie Riden, CISSP / jamesr () europe com / jamie () honeynet org uk
UK Honeynet Project: http://www.ukhoneynet.org/

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