On 26/01/01 12:17 +0530, Mukund spewed into the LI bitstream:
> How does that affect. If a port is open it is open wheather the interface is
> a lo/eth/ppp
> In fact scanning from the same machine is more advisable as it will bypass
> the fire wall and give a correct status.
Because, simply enough, I _can_ allow access to my service from within my LAN
/ ip block, and deny the service to all other IPs (hosts.allow, hosts.deny,
ipchains rules etc). Testing from an allowed IP block wont give you true
results.
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