Nope was a directed attack from EEye.. They basically bragged that they could crack any box.. So I let them try.. They did a portscan, portsentry saw it and dropped the route back to them.. The cried foul, I told them they need to learn about stealth scans.. They went away.. Wish I still have the e-mail logs from it.. Was pretty funny to read..
On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Curt Purdy wrote: > Have used both Linux and FreeBSD for firewalling, and though Linux is very > easy with some of the auto setup distros out there, if you are a business > with assets to protect, I would trust BSD as a much more stable platform for > firewalling (course some idiots out there are actually using windoze isa for > firewalling, can we say stable :) > > As far as EEye, I believe you will find those were merely automated scans > that were coming from their ip's. > > Curt > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Denis Dimick > Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 9:45 PM > To: Gabe Arnold > Cc: Spencer, Gary TRI-S INC; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Linux firewall > > > > Dont know about BSD.. But I would use Linux.. This is what I use everyday > for the past 5 years.. Have yet to have anyone get thru.. Even the morons > at EEye have tried.. > > On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Gabe Arnold wrote: > > > I would suggest you use an OpenBSD 3.3 setup with the native PF > > (Packet Filter)package which is based on the 'BSD IPF package. > > It's quite nice, easy to use, and very secure. I'd check out > > www.openbsd.org and www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/ for a good overview of the > > PF package and how to use it. > > > > --Gabe > > > > > > * Spencer, Gary TRI-S INC ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone. I have been following the discussions for a few months > now > > > and enjoy the technical information that everyone has to share. What > would > > > your recommendations be for a Linux firewall? And would you use a 50,000 > > > Cisco firewall instead?? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Gary. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
