[H-GEN] fowarding port 80

Nikolai Lusan nikolai at humbug.org.au
Tue Mar 19 01:34:14 EST 2002


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On 19 Mar 2002, Jason Henry Parker wrote:

> Please explain how having a Linux box between the Internet and an IIS
> installation makes the IIS install any more resistant to attack.
I didn't say it made IIS less vunerable, just the general machine that
is running the IIS. It means that that machine is protected from things
like netbios attacks and the like, I though it was common sense that and
IP level redirect would not protect the software opening the port :)

Nikolai


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