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From: "Mark E. Donaldson" <markee@bandwidthco.com>
Subject: RE: SUN RPC portmap
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 11:51:04 -0700
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To: 'Spiro Azkoul' <spiro@snacorp.net>, netfilter@lists.netfilter.org

 

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[mailto:netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org] On Behalf Of Spiro Azkoul
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 9:01 AM
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Subject: SUN RPC portmap

Can anyone think of a reason to simple block SUN RPC via iptables rather
than simply stopping the service if it is a mail/pop/imap/web server?
Thanks


It's normally referred to as "Defense-in-Depth". It is not recommended to
rely on a single method of security for anything. If the attacker gets
through the front line, it's always nice to know there is a second or third
or fourth, etc, etc, layer of defense to stop them.