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| Subject: | Re: Port-Knocking vulnerabilities? |
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| Date: | Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:28:53 +0100 |
On 2007-12-28 Jay wrote:
Portknocking is a security mechanism as it is a type of authentication. "Something you know" in this case the sequence of ports to knock before a unstarted service or daemon begins listening for connections.
Since everything is transmitted in the clear port-knocking is as much of a security mechanism as cleartext passwords. Technically: maybe (depending on your definition). Realistically: no. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "The Mac OS X kernel should never panic because, when it does, it seriously inconveniences the user." --http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2004/tn2118.html
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