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Re: 'mirror' with iptables



On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, phadell wrote:

> I would like to do a rule that mirror the packets that incoming from a
> portscanner.
> The rule must return the packets to the source.  If anyone scan my machine
> ports, the result will be the list of source address open ports.

this will enable an attacker to bounce arbitrary packets off your
machine to any target by spoofing source address -- probably not what
you would want to happen...

if you want to stop portscans maybe portsentry would help you?

-thomas

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 Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
                -- Aleister Crowley
gpg: pub 1024D/81FD4B43 sub 4096g/BB6D2B11=>p.nu/d
2B72 53DB 8104 2041 BDB4  F053 4AE5 01DF 81FD 4B43



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