Re: [cobalt-users] anti hacking

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I herd about something called trip wire will this work also i herd of some
> software (cant remember what it was called) that wiil drop packets to any ip
> it detects trying to scan / ping etc.

Several steps should be made:

1) Firewall.  Ignore all ports that aren't neccessary.  Or use like ipchains
to put a firewall directly on the server.
2) Unneccessary ports.  Turn off all the ports you aren't using

Portsentry can also help you by automatically ignoring packets from someone
who is port scanning you.

-k