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From: Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>
Subject: Re: Protecting against DoS
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:10:48 +0100
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 14:20:09 -0500 (PET),=20
"Geffrey Vel=E1squez" <g_netfilter@netfids.com> wrote in message=20
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> Hum.. but what happen if the workstation is infected? the virus will
> do a DoS to the user of the workstation, the firewall will block valid
> connections.

.. ;-)  A further refinement could be force a reinstall on the infected
wintendo, or reboot it as a thin client off a boot server, so the user
can do the work he is paid to do.  ;-)

--=20
..med vennlig hilsen =3D with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three:=20
  best case, worst case, and just in case.