[oclug]why firewall?

[Michael P. Soulier]

On 29/11/02 gabriel did speaketh:

> i properly configured firewall does more than just lock down ports.  it will 
> prevent people from connecting to port 80 with the wrong bits set (ie. FIN, 
> ACK, /and/ SYN all set at the same time).  it also protects against DOS 
> attacks, again, if configured correctly.  people attacking a port spoofing 
> their address can also be filtered out in some cases, and of course, 
> firewalls will also let you drop packets coming from hosts you don't want to 
> have ANY access to your machine.  they're a good plan, even if you keep your 
> software up to date.

    Preventing DOS attacks is the best reason I've heard so far...

    Mike

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