[wplug] @home cable question.

[jmh3 at linuxfreak.com]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2001, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:

> In terms of someone finding out what servers you have running, that is
> what ipchains (2.2.x) and netfilter (2.4.x) are for. Block all networks
> except the ones you want to be able to connect to you. A port scan form
> other machines will see nothing.

good point, i had forgotten about this benifit as opposed to using tcp
wrappers.
john