6 Nov
2013
6 Nov
'13
6:09 a.m.
On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:09:40 +0000, Thomas Hand wrote: ...
Also, use iptables! If it is a dedicated VPS then drop anything you dont recognize,
What for? The ports that you want to block are rejected by the kernel anyway, as there is no one listening. (The minor added protection that malware needs to be root to disable iptables and effectively listen - is that worth the work?)
Andreas
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@*.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:29:21 -0800