On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:29:53 -0500
Chris Smith <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:06 PM, David Astua <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Check this:
> > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~peterb/network/drop-vs-reject
> 
> Good article. "Stealth" mode is highly overrated. I generally use
> return except in the case of bogons.
> 

I'd say drop mode saves some resources in case of dos and does slow down
the scan. I don't see timeouts for users connecting to the wrong place
as a big problem at all, though the messages may help them
very occasionally.

I wonder whether a labrea/stutter type option for pf would be cool in
some cases?

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