I completely understand that Security though Obfuscation is a bad idea.
However I also think that advertising, "I have this hardware/setup at
IP address XXX", especially since I need a reasonably complex set-up on
hardware I have little experience in (yet), and the forums for
discussing such matters are the places where those likely to comprise a
network hang out ...
Paranoid?
Justin
On Aug 5, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Brian Scanlan wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 in lists.ilug you wrote:
>> It seems my ADSL provider doesn't have a proxy I can use. What advice
>> would the rest of you ILUGers suggest to help keep the details
>> separate
>> to my IP ?
>> Drop all incoming traffic and stop caring about people getting at your
> IP.
> This is the highly sensible default for Eircom Broadband afair.
>> Brian.
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