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Re: Port Sentry



On Sat, 2 Jun 2001, Roderick Cummings wrote:

> Now when portsentry detects a port scan it blocks the ip making the
> scan.

I am not an expert in security, but some doubts.

Is it wise to block an ip just because it did a port scan?
What if s/he spoofs the ip and puts your ip as source address?

raj



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