At 11:31 PM 8/21/2001 -0400, Joe Abley wrote:
On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 03:05:25PM +1200, Andrew Cutler wrote:
It seemed to be working for Joe. <snip> Back to the tangent of the original issue, would anybody who currently filters ICMP or high-numbered UDP through routers be interested in describing what benefit they think they get from doing so?
Lots of people do it. I'm just not exactly sure why.
I generally get quoted their security policy. I suggested unplugging the box, turning it off and driving over it with a car or truck, dowsing it with petrol and burning it, so that "nasties" wouldn't be able to read anything off it. Another common thread is that they have no sense of humour. So instead I monitor their connections using SMTP, http or snmp or something else. They're frequently Govt Depts who deal with money. They also get agitated if you scan them vigorously but seem oblivious to broken smtp stuff flying in. It can be quite funny richard.naylor(a)citylink.co.nz --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog