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Re: [suse-security] filtering ports
  • From: "Kurt Seifried" <listuser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:56:46 -0600
  • Message-id: <008d01c146cd$c18d7dc0$6400030a@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi all,
>
> I use iptables as a firewall on my local machine to filter any incoming
> connections one some ports I want to protect. I have tested this with one
> single port and then run a portscan o that machine. nmap was not able to
> connect to that protected port but it marked the port as "filtered". How
can
> I prevent this? nmap should not be able to see if and which ports are
> filtered. I have tried with DENY and REJECT but got the same report.

Make sure you don't send out icmp unreachables. hint: man iptables. double
hint: DROP. Damn those man pages and their documentation! ;)

> Thanx
> Michael


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