Re: What to do with attackers?

To: Rakotomandimby Mihamina <mihamina.rakotomandimby@etu.univ-orleans.fr>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: What to do with attackers?
From: Mitch Wiedemann <mitch@ithacafreesoftware.org>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:27:29 -0500
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Rakotomandimby Mihamina wrote:

>>Have you considered setting up a firewall?  The best thing to do with
>>attackers is drop their packets.
>>    
>>
>
>I dont aggree. Dorpping is not _the best_.
>He has the choice to REJECT or to DROP. It's a bit different.
>I'd vote for REJECTing.
>  
>

I prefer DROP because it's more stealthy.  But I just did a Google
search about DROP v. REJECT and found this interesting thread:

http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=161991

Cheers.

-- 

Mitch Wiedemann
Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association
http://ithacafreesoftware.org

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