mysec
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Re: Place your bets - Closed vs Stealthed
said by Link Logger  :I would be highly amazed if I lost this system to some evil hacker, closed is closed and is in effect the same as banging your head against a brick wall (stealthed) as banging your head against a locked steel door (closed, ... Of course! And you may remember we discussed this a bit last year, and I ran for four days on a Win2K system with all ports closed except 135. I left the firewall enabled but all inbound traffic permitted, so that I could log everything.
I was arguing that the average home system doesn't even need a firewall if everything is configured properly - which, of course, I do not advocate unless the user is completely sure that the system is tight.
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Link Logger
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said by SnowyOne :Is there any more danger to running closed vs stealth? That would depend on what's running & who's running it.  I would be highly amazed if I lost this system to some evil hacker, closed is closed and is in effect the same as banging your head against a brick wall (stealthed) as banging your head against a locked steel door (closed, you know its a door, but its not going to open so the effect is just the same as banging your head against the brick wall).
Blake
Edit -> added the 'locked' to the steel door |
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SnowyOne
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said by Link Logger :Will 'closed' ports attract more 'attention' then 'stealthed' ports? Well a closed port can't attract any less attention than a stealthed port, so given a wide enough test range, closed ports will by virtue of 'closer looks' draw extra attention.
Is there any more danger to running closed vs stealth?
That would depend on what's running & who's running it. |
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