Subj : BBBS Online
To : Kim Heino
From : mark lewis
Date : Mon Aug 06 2018 03:33 pm
On 2018 Aug 05 11:09:00, you wrote to me:
>>> If you want to limit connections (block extra connections from same
>>> IP), you can configure your firewall to do that. At least Shorewall
>>> can do that.
>> so what if the guy is using your web server and his mailer attempts a
>> mail transfer? that won't work if you block in the firewall based on IP
>> only...
KH> Firewalls can block per IP per service. So web server / telnet / mail
KH> are counted on different quotas.
sorry, no... that's an erroneous assumption... the firewall i use doesn't have
quotas and an IP block is total... not per port...
KH> Native blocking support inside BBBS(D) would be better,
absolutely...
KH> but with firewall config you can do it right now, without waiting for
KH> update.
in some cases... i don't see folks replacing their existing firewall solutions
with shorewall or similar, though... i know we won't be doing that over here
because our's is highly customized... then again, it is the perimeter firewall
for three active networks ;)
)\/(ark
Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
Do you manage your own servers? If you are not running an IDS/IPS yer doin' it
wrong...
... Ear wax is a terrible thing to taste.
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