Reply to: Don Schreiner
Re: [IMail Forum] syn flood, Imail and service providers. on Monday 7:12:07 PM
We have seen this regularly block this kind of attack here even
on most of our web servers so it handles this attack quite nicely.
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Roger Heath
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D> I recently (per the suggestion of Roger on this list) tested ISS
D> BlackIce on one of our utility servers and then installed their server
D> version. What an eye opener to the hacks hitting our servers. I have
D> installed on all now. It is not a cure all but has certainly helped. And
D> can auto-block certain attacks. To understand the .ini files I finally
D> found out you must review their older documentation version 2.9 to get a
D> complete picture. I am not so sure it will help with syn or ping flood
D> as described - but think it worth the investment for helping with
D> inbound security. There are some bad write ups about it from Steve
D> Gibson (well deserved BTW) whereas they appeared to have deliberately
D> bypassed his popular leak test, however if you understand the product
D> for what it does and does not do - then you are OK. I like it for our
D> servers and am also a Zone Alarm Pro user too - but prefer that for
D> workstations.
D> -Don S.
D> -----Original Message-----
D> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
D> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Roger Heath
D> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:39 PM
D> To: Dave Marchette
D> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] syn flood, Imail and service providers.
D> Reply to: Dave Marchette
D> Re: [IMail Forum] syn flood, Imail and service providers. on
D> Monday 5:12:02 PM
D> Yes. I would not run Imail without ISS Real Secure or the original
D> Black Ice Server protection. It can block library attacks and almost
D> all common server attacks automatically.
D> It's not very expensive either. See:
D> http://blackice.iss.net/product_server_protection.php
D> --
D> Roger Heath
D> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
D> www.rleeheath.com
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