> > Is there anything out there to stop people from port scanning my system ? > > I had someone last night scan my system from port 1 to 50,000 ! > > Firewalling or tcp_wrappers configured the right way.
tcp-wrappers will not stop you from being scanned. even if the port is wrapped it will still show up as an open port to a scan. you also can't wrap udp services. if you are paranoid enough that this is an issue i suggest you break out a firewall book and ipfwadm and decide who exactly you want to be able to talk to what on your box. > There is nmap in hamm that does the port scanning. there is also strobe that comes with the netdiag package... it's very good. adam. ------------------------ Internet Alaska ------------------------- 4050 Lake Otis Adam Shand (v) +1 907 562 4638 Anchorage, Alaska Systems Administrator (f) +1 907 562 1677 ----------------- http://larry.earthlight.co.nz ------------------ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
