--- John Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >A thought just occurred to me... desktop systems (and even some servers) >could be almost completely secure if there was a way to dynamically >allocate and de-allocate routes. If your system has no default route, >it ought to be safe from any TCP-based attack. If routes to remote >networks could be dynamically added as needed, and then removed, it >seems that it would be virtually impossible for an outsider to even see >that the host exists, let alone be able to root it. > >Ideas? Am I just way off the deep end here? :-)
Cute idea but... It becomes clear when the concepts are expressed in there most simple and basic terms. For a network to be usable data must find you somehow. Contained in the packets of whatever protocol that exists, or that you imagine, must be some pointer back to you so that any request you make can get back to you. As long as this information exists it can be used against you. Bob UNIX Security Analyst Annonymous Corp. _____________________________________________________________ Visit these sites today Blink 182 Fan Site - www.blink182.co.nz NZ Skateboarding - www.nzskate.com
