merits of portknocking (was: More SSH 'trolling')

[James Kosin]

Scot L. Harris wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 08:48, Lew Bloch wrote:
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>That is one of the neat things with Linux in general.  You can choose
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>which bits and pieces you want to use or don't want to use.  And in most
>cases you have a choice of several items that do pretty much the same
>thing, so you can choose one that best meets your desired goals.
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>There is no magic bullet to make a system secure.  You just need to make
>your system a little bit more secure than the next guys system. :)
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There is ONE MAGIC BULLET that makes any system secure.  The plug.....  
You pull the plug and you have instant security from all attacks.