Am Do, den 14.10.2004 schrieb Lew Bloch um 21:15: > > If the IPs are dynamically assigned, such an attempt is > > pointless. What you can do is to use portknocking. This has been > > suggested and discussed controversial recently here on the list. > > Controversial is correct. From what I've read, portknocking is useless, > worse than useless, really, since it induces an entirely unjustified > sense of security. I will never use it. I must say that I do not understand that argument. It would be same as saying: SSH is useless, because it's enryption of the transfered information induces a sense of security, while it does not protect against the usage of secure passwords. If you misinterpret portknocking claim to be the ultimate security solution you are on the wrong path. Nobody ever said something like that Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp Serendipity 21:20:14 up 16:31, 17 users, 0.48, 0.26, 0.25
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