Re: How to prevent motd including os info

Ben Smithurst (benscientia.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 12 Sep 1999 16:49:52 +0100

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> Ben Smithurst <benscientia.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
>> Note that people can still use nmap or something to guess at your OS.
>
> # ipfw add 1 deny tcp from any to any in tcpflags syn,fin
>
> No they can't.

Thanks, I didn't know about that. I'll try to remember it though.

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