Re: Question re security

From: Andy Klock <andy_at_oracledepot.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:51:04 -0500
Message-ID: <CADo_RaM8oMT_w2RXkf8eVZJa8XiH8Ng+xqhaDo8sWAdNMLEFXw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Agreed. Also, firewalls are pretty great for further helping prevent point A from connecting to point B.

On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Adric Norris <landstander668_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> ...
> I'm not saying this isn't a valid opinion, and I've certainly seen it
> expressed numerous times, but it only takes about 3 seconds for nmap (or
> similar utilities) to identify the changed port. This might provide a small
> amount of protection, against the fire-and-forget script kiddies, but is
> unlikely to deter a motivated attacker in the slightest.
>
> Enabling network encryption, on the other hand, can provide quite a bit of
> protection against network sniffing.
>

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