[tor-relays] Traffic in port 9050 in a relay (denial of service attack?)

[Andreas Krey]

On Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:09:40 +0000, Thomas Hand wrote:
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> 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