bhaagensen wrote: > Peter;202935 Wrote: > >> The chances of a home PC being the victim of a >> IP spoof over a TCP connection are near zero. >> >> > > Yes agree with that, and my intention was not to spread FUD or claim > that ip-filtering is useless, perhaps I used the wrong wording. I still > believe the information is on topic though. > > So in order to, hopefully, clearify my statement: One would most likely > be very safe off using ip-filtering, but nonetheless opening up for > incoming connections at least creates a potential for the system > becoming more vulnerable to attacks, although this is unlikely. >
OK, we can agree on that. ;) Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
