Hi! Because I use shorewall for almost all of my servers. I''d like to know if there is any way that firewall can protect against latest tcp problems? http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/10/01/0127245.shtml Regards, Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer''s challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
Hans wrote:> Hi! > Because I use shorewall for almost all of my servers. I''d like to know > if there is any way that firewall can protect against latest tcp problems? > > http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/10/01/0127245.shtmlThere has been no mention of this issue on any of the Linux networking lists. I suspect that there is probably a lot more smoke here than fire. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of Shoreline, \ folly is to fill the world with fools. Washington, USA \ -- Herbert Spencer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.shorewall.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer''s challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
Cristian Rodriguez
2008-Oct-07 04:11 UTC
Re: any opinion on latest DDOS and TCP protocol problems
Tom Eastep escribió:> Hans wrote: >> Hi! >> Because I use shorewall for almost all of my servers. I'd like to know >> if there is any way that firewall can protect against latest tcp >> problems? >> >> http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/10/01/0127245.shtml > > There has been no mention of this issue on any of the Linux networking > lists. I suspect that there is probably a lot more smoke here than fire.The situation is "somewhat" summarized here http://insecure.org/stf/tcp-dos-attack-explained.html No complete details till now though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users