misunderstanding scale

Mon Mar 24 16:02:11 UTC 2014

On 24/03/2014 06:47, Mark Tinka wrote:
> Because, at the very least, a laptop or server can run a 
> stateless packet filter to keep out pokes at ports that may 
> be running by default, but have no business being queried 
> over the network.

once upon a time, they didn't have host firewalls or packet filters, which
was why we ended up with:

https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Survival+Time+on+the+Internet/4721

Nick