On Thursday 24 May 2001 22:47,Eugenio Diaz muttered:
> xinetd 2.1.8.9pre15 is out.
>
> It includes a patch (SENSOR) from a friend of mine that basically
> gives the ability to stop port scanning script kiddies before they do
> any harm. In a nut shell, what is does is to monitor an unused port
> likely to be scanned by kiddies, and when it get scanned, it denies
> further access to all other services to the offending IP(s) until a
> preset time-out period expires. We need lots of users to test this,
> so a cooker upgrade is ideal.
>
> pre15 also contains several other fixes.
>
> --
> Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE
> Linux Engineer
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a great post, because it gives a clue as to what the real
developers (as opposed to me) are trying to improve so I know what to
install. Now if I can get a working cooker...(tomorrow!) I'll try it
and feed back...
--
-m-
