Re: ECN: Clearing the air

[jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, jamal wrote:

>
> - ECN does not break things. It's brain damaged firewalls, Intrusion
> detection systems, and load balancers that should be shot.
> One intrusion detection "expert" was quoted suggesting the blocking of ECN
> bits should be blocked because "nmap uses them" to probe systems.
>

should proof read before posting. The intrusion detection expert
suggested blocking ECN. Article at:
http://www.securityfocus.com/frames/?focus=ids&content=/focus/ids/articles
/portscan.html

cheers,
jamal