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?  

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