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From: Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: Protecting against DoS
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:10:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031209211048.07e6bc08.arnt@c2i.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36917.200.48.142.50.1070997609.squirrel@www.netfids.com>

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 14:20:09 -0500 (PET), 
"Geffrey Velásquez" <g_netfilter@netfids.com> wrote in message 
<36917.200.48.142.50.1070997609.squirrel@www.netfids.com>:

> 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.  ;-)

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




  reply	other threads:[~2003-12-09 20:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-09 15:43 Protecting against DoS Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 16:02 ` Michael Gale
2003-12-09 16:28   ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 16:40     ` Michael Gale
2003-12-09 16:51       ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 17:06         ` Michael Gale
2003-12-09 17:13           ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2003-12-09 19:20             ` Geffrey Velásquez
2003-12-09 20:10               ` Arnt Karlsen [this message]
2003-12-10 16:53             ` Pasi Kärkkäinen
2004-01-11  1:50               ` Peter Frischknecht
2004-01-11  8:04                 ` bridge vlans in HP 2524 switch Computer Security
2004-01-26 10:45                 ` Protecting against DoS Pasi Kärkkäinen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-12-09 19:11 Geffrey Velásquez
2003-12-09 18:01 ` John A. Sullivan III
2003-12-09 18:16   ` Ralf Spenneberg
2003-12-09 18:41     ` John A. Sullivan III

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