* David Diggles <da...@elven.com.au> [2012-10-02 13:51]: > but is this clear for newbies who read all the faqs?
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 01:17:03PM +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: > > it once again comes down to "think before pushing random buttons". this basic principle SHOULD not need documentation :) quite seriously, this goes deep into the workings of tcp. OpenBSD documentation cannot and does not document the details of the implemented protocols. There are entire books about tcp. Read them to understand tcp, and read the OpenBSD documentation for the OpenBSD specific bits. There isn't much we can do to prevent people from pushing buttons they don't understand but not providing them - which is what we do where possible. But by not providing synproxy we'd steal an important tool for fighting attacks from those who understand what they're doing. We're not saving you from stabbing your eye with the spoon left in your coffee mug either. We can't. -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services, http://bsws.de, Full-Service ISP Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services. Dedicated Servers, Root to Fully Managed Henning Brauer Consulting, http://henningbrauer.com/
