On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Derek Martin wrote:
>
> ... Port scanning is often, though not
> always, a prelude to an attack.
> Firewalls are designed to stop attacks.
A matter of semantics maybe, but firewalls are designed to minimize (or
hopefully negate) the _effects_ of an attack.
_Stopping_ the attack itself is only possible when the source is eliminated
(or quenched).
> Now, wether or not the relationship is
> strong enough to warrant discussion, is
> largely a matter of opinion, in my opinion.
With the above considered, there is a definite relevance between discussions
of port scanning response and firewalls. There are different forums that
could probably host such discussions as well, but the occasional innocent
question in this area does no harm here. (Provided it doesn't mutate into
The World's Longest Thread...)
-GWP
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