RE: Port 443?

Neil Moore-Smith (nms@crescendo.ltd.uk)
Thu, 8 Oct 1998 21:33:48 +0100


>
> You need an extra rule above these which says:
>
> Deny source (outside/any/port 443) --> dest (inside/any addr/any port)
> where SYN=1 and ACK=0

Excellent point. I missed this out in a similar situation some time ago and
got stuffed with a denial-of-service attack. The sad thing is, until I read
your post, I had forgotten about it and would have repeated my mistake!

Thanks

Neil

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