Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 16:14:53 +0000
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add IPv6 support to TCP SYN cookies
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> What kind of LISTEN ports? And does it matter if they're DoS'ed?

I guess that depends on the opinion of the owner

- Push based mobile services
- Email delivery
- VoIP
- Management ports
- Peer to peer data transfer
- Instant messaging direct user/user connections

Some of that can also be hardened using IP filter rules

> > Is the other stuff enough - good question, and can be measured easily
> > enough on a little dlink router or similar.
> 
> My guess would be that it is.

Alan
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