Security....

Scott scott at troop4015.zapto.org
Wed Oct 27 20:28:58 UTC 2004


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eucke Warren" <euckew at sierraelectronics.com>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: Security....


> > >>I took a simpler approach.
<<Snip> > >
> > >>1.  Setup iptables with the following
> > >>    iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT   # this allows local loop
> > >>interface to always work.
> > >>Most clients, #1 above is enough to block all attacks.
<<snip> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> Great thread guys...I do have to say...once I realized what Rodolfo was
> describing I had to laugh.  Very clever!  Great mechanism!  May need to
look
> into it for my stuff...
>
> -Eucke
>

I like the idea.. I might even take it a step beyond if I ever get any spare
time. Just make the router send all ports I'm not using to a honeypot! Just
have to get time to put one together... Any thoughts?

Scott....




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