Posts by 437T

Same question here

"How does a firewall prevent a buffer overflow (in another app) through a tcp socket, except by closing the port? Any help?"

I think the news item writer might have blown it. Or, maybe I am missing something too.

You would have to do packet inspection that looked for the specific exploit to be able to block this. A regular firewall would either have the port wide open or would be port forwarding the packets blindly.

@robg

And then there is the issue of the extra electricity you pay for as your server or servers go from 10% load to 100%...

The only thing correct about your post is that these criminals are indeed parasites.

Maybe rkhunter?

It seems to be actively maintained, has a mailing list, and gets a few updates per year with fast updates for new threats.

That you know of...

Gordon Fecyk says: "It's funny; two years on Win7, at least nine years on Win2K and I haven't lost a PC to those jokers..."

AC says: "time to change proxy, me thinks.....would like to know what data they keep anyways!"

One would think it prudent to assume *all of it* and act accordingly.