> > I myself use this method to open up the SSH port for a particular IP > address. When you try to open a particular URL on my website, > you get a 404 > because that document doesn't exist. The webserver logs this. > A script in > the background sees in the log that this happened, and opens > up port 22 to > the IP address which requested the non-existant URL.
Aren't these all different versions of portknocking ? All of them work untill someone outside can figure out the pattern of events - at most I would call this security by obscurity - Trivial to detect but good enough for some low security requirements _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
