Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3627 mails)

[Curtis Rey <crrey@xxxxxxxx>]

This is why, as a year old penguin myself, I desparately need an interface 
that will help me understand how to make a secure firewall without A) leaving 
blatant holes waiting to be exploited, and/or B) impliment rules that lock my 
network interface down so much I might as well unplug my RJ-45.  Another 
thing this newbie would really appreciate is a realtime monitor that would 
give me information/alerts when something tries to send or receive when it 
wasn't initiated by me.  Just a thought or two.  

Cheers. Curtis

On Tuesday 05 June 2001 04:20 am, Oliver Maunder wrote:
> >> http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm
> >>
> >> Flaws in WinXP create a perfect environment for DoS attacks, according
> >> to article, which is also a fascinating look into the world of the
> >> hacker attacker.
>
> Monday, June 04, 2001, 10:55:32 PM, S. Bulterman wrote:
>
> SB> Read the article and thought it was a compliance issue with the Unix
> Socket SB> standaard.
> SB> Windows Me and lower were not 100% compliant with this standards, so no
> flooding SB> with
> SB> TCP SYN and TCP ACK. Windows 2000 and XP are now 100% compliant and are
> capable SB> of sending TCP SYN and TCP ACK attacks..........
>
> Exactly - the quote was:
>
> "When those insecure and maliciously potent Windows XP
> machines are mated to high-bandwidth Internet connections,
> we are going to experience an escalation of Internet
> terrorism the likes of which has never been seen before."
>
> <flamebait>
> Surely positioning Linux as a consumer OS is going to cause exactly
> the same problem? Already, the worst DoS attacks come from unsecured
> Linux boxes with broadband connections. Surely this problem will get
> worse as consumer Linux usage increases.
> </flamebait>
>
> Discuss ;-)
>
>
> Olly