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RE: [cobalt-users] Is this some kind of Denial Of Service Attack



On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, aljuhani wrote:

> I have read alot about IP Chains BUT as far as I know I may need to re-compile
> the kernel during the install which I'm not good at.  I want to make sure that
> install goes fine without problems.  I have installed it on my experimental
> redhat linux desktop and still trying to figure out many options.
>

  Do you have a RaQ3 or 4, they are OK for ipchains
  Raq1/2 and Qube1/2 need to use ipfwadm, but properly setup ipfwadm is
  Good!

> My PortSentry is using the TCP Wrapper but one advantage of IP-Chains is
> blocking the connection (Traffic) and by that minimizing bandwidth usage which
> is not the case of the tcpwrapper.
>
  It won't save bandwidth, it will save cpu cycles though!

Gerald
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