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Re: CAN-2004-1137

Subject: Re: CAN-2004-1137
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:40:25 +0100
Hi,


Secondly would 'iptables -A INPUT -p IGMP -j REJECT' protect my machine


from remote attacks ?.


Theoretically - yes. But practically - no. Why ?
Main idea is: do not allow any explictly necessary traffic. In my opinion as necessary
you can count protocols tcp, udp and icmp. Other upon request or after detecting that
somebody is trying to use them. Especially AH and ESP. "All other" protocols are used
very rare and mainy by the network infrastructure.
Conclusion is: why allow "all other" traffic if all infrastructure is yours and you know that
none of the other protocols are in use ?
So my answer is - no, because you are closing one hole after their exploitation. All other holes
are still widely opened. This cant be called "*wall" ;).


Regards,
Blizbor

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