Norman Rasmussen wrote:
I (as a server admin) want to protect my server from attacks.
Obfuscation != protection. Whole protection is as secure as weakest element of it, don't forget that.Yes, I know, hiding IP makes flood attack a bit more complicated, but you should never forget about social engineering:
<malicious> Wow! I see, you use jabber. I would like to use it too, but all ICQ transports I used were unstable. What server do you use?
<victim> icq.example.org malici...@botmaster$ sudo ping -f icq.example.org ............ -- WBRBW, Leonid Evdokimov
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