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Re: ECN: Clearing the air

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Subject: Re: ECN: Clearing the air
From: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 19:23:51 -0500 (EST)
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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



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