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Date:	Mon, 20 May 2002 09:22:02 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: hack attacks

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Peter wrote:

> Yes and yes. You can "spoof" an IP header with a false address, and you
> can worm/trojan/talk your way into someone else's machine. (A lot of
> illicit entry is done by telephone talking your way into a system.)

I don't know what you're referring to here.

> > My firewall ... is a hardware firewall, supposedly more
> > industrial strength than what you get in something like
> > a Linksys or SMC Barricade
>
> What do you have?

A Sonic Wall. The "stealth mode" feature is supposed to render you
invisible to the outside world, the idea being that if you don't exist,
nobody's going to come after you. I don't know how true that is, but
the empirical results appear to support the claim.

Jordan

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