On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:59:49AM -0700, Tim Howe wrote: > Absolutely! I run ipf on my mail server at work. And I used to run it on > my home OpenBSD machine. > > Tim > > > Is it possible and/or recommended to run firewalling rules on a local > > box? I agree with Tim on this. Paranoid perhaps, but why not add another layer of security? > > shut up my inetd.conf for the services I don't use, but what about > > knowing when a portscan is done and then denying any and all packets > > from that IP in the future? > > Hmmm ... Some people out there are still on dynamic IPs ... DHCP on internal network would be problematic also ... > > Oh, and our leader, Seth Cohn, posted an article. I like the idea. > > Turn off webpages, sendmail, etc, and on and on on a certain date in > > protest of DMCA et al. I would think that the admins would be causing themselves a lot of grief. Do they really want to hear "Why is the internet broken?" about a billion times? From their bosses even? Sure, it would provide a good opportunity to explain the evils of restrictive software licenses, but is it really worth possibly getting fired over? -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
