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Re: Guidance needed on well known ports

2006-03-20 18:17:56
On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 11:51 -0500, Keith Moore wrote:
you shouldn't allow unrestricted access to the network from unmanaged
hosts, that's a recipe for disaster.

no, what's a disaster is to use source IP addresses or port numbers as
an indication of trustworthiness on any network that extends beyond a
single room.  the notion that you can "manage" significant numbers of
hosts to ensure their trustworthiness is delusional.

I don't see any contradiction in what you and I are saying, although I
would extend "single" to "handful".  in any case, it's getting off topic
for the issue at hand, so please continue discussion in private if you
care to respond.
-- 
Kjetil T.



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