On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 16:49:02 PM +1300, MrKiwi (mrkiwi at gmail.com) wrote: > >>Beware of the thread ... > >> > >>http://slashdot.org/it/04/02/05/1834228.shtml?tid=126&tid=172 > >> > >>on Slashdot regarding Port Knocking - there are some good points, > >>but loads and loads of misinformation and uninformed whining about > >>Port Knocking lowering your overall level of security. > > > >May we ask you to sum up in a few lines both the good points and the > >misinformed/whining ones? > > > > [...] > That pretty much wraps it up. > > MrKiwi, Whoah! Thanks for the quick and very detailed answer. I look forward to read further comments to it from other expert sysadmins here. Me, I'll print it out and mull it over for 3/4 days to metabolyze all the concepts, so don't be surprised if you don't hear from me again on this topic soon, but it is really helpful. Thanks, Marco -- The right way to make everybody love Free Standards and Free Software: http://digifreedom.net/node/73