From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:25:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:24:51 -0500 Received: from shell.cyberus.ca ([209.195.95.7]:49589 "EHLO shell.cyberus.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:24:35 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:23:51 -0500 (EST) From: jamal To: cc: Subject: Re: ECN: Clearing the air In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, jamal wrote: > > - ECN does not break things. It's brain damaged firewalls, Intrusion > detection systems, and load balancers that should be shot. > One intrusion detection "expert" was quoted suggesting the blocking of ECN > bits should be blocked because "nmap uses them" to probe systems. > should proof read before posting. The intrusion detection expert suggested blocking ECN. Article at: http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?focus=ids&content=/focus/ids/articles /portscan.html cheers, jamal - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/