On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 05:38:11PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > > You missed to whole meaning. > Attackers only scan for the published service port numbers, > that is what is meant by "portscan the box". > Those high order port numbers are dynamically > used during normal session conversation. > So any response from those port numbers if an > attacker scanned that high would be meaningless. > Please check your facts before commenting.
Nonsense. There may be some people that only scan well-known ports, but it's much more common to scan every port on a machine. If you're running a server on a non-standard port, an attacker will find it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
