Re: well, isnt that special...

[rich...@buzzhost.co.uk]

On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 08:57 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
> rich...@buzzhost.co.uk wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 2009-11-25 at 14:04 -0500, Alex wrote:
> >> > iptables -A FIREWALL -s 127.0.0.0/8 -j DROP
> >> 
> >> Nah, use REJECT so you get that immediate satisfaction :-)
> >> 
> >> Alex
> > 
> > NO NO NO NO NO!
> > Drop has the effect of tarpitting them :-) 
> 
> Not quite, tarpitting is the next step. 
> 
> 
> /Per Jessen, Zürich
> 
Hence 'The effect', that is - to delay progress. They send SYN, no
answer (but they wait for the answer) hence, has the effect. Sure, it's
not as good as redirecting them to, say port 2525 where  a dedicated
FUAMTA is waiting, but I'm considering that :-)