[ydl-gen] Attempted hack of FTP server
Peter-Paul
peter-paul at multiweb.nl
Tue Aug 29 08:04:31 MDT 2006
Graag gedaan Eric ;)
Eric Dunbar wrote:
>On 29/08/06, Peter-Paul <peter-paul at multiweb.nl> wrote:
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>>One humble remark: (as reply to Geert),
>>IPTables, is infact 'that smart' to recognize passive ftp initiations.
>>IPTables is able to do Stateful packet inspection.
>>(I quote): "This means that the firewall keeps track of each connection
>>passing through it and in certain cases will view the contents of data
>>flows in an attempt to anticipate the next action of certain protocols.
>>This is an important feature in the support of active FTP and DNS, as
>>well as many other network services."
>>
>>
>
>Thanks "en dank je wel" to all who responded and taught me something
>new (Geert, Peter-Paul and Chris). I'm glad to see that the YDL
>community is still active and full of knowledgeable people!
>
>Eric.
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