On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:14:49 +0200 "adel.essafi" <adel.essafi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all > We have a proxy on a FC5 server. If you are concerned about security then you would want to upgrade to a later version of Fedora as FC5 updates have ceased and the distribution is considered legacy and unsupported. > I want to know if FC5 can stop the attacks "ping of death" of not. A proxy server will not help you there; attacks like the "ping of death" / Land etc. are dealt with at a firewall / kernel level. The TCP stack in a modern Linux kernel should deal with such attacks without issues in any case. > Best regards > Adel Michael Fleming. > > I meant: > > I used system-config-date to change to and from UTC, so > timezone is no problem. > > > > Jörgen Jonssson > > > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Créez votre adresse électronique prenom.nom@xxxxxxxxxxx > 1 Go d'espace de stockage, anti-spam et anti-virus intégrés. > > -- Michael Fleming | BOFH, Dealer in Clues | Brisbane, Australia <mfleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Bother" said the Borg, "We've assimilated Pooh!"
