On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 9:27 PM, Ed Flecko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > I'm reading a book on network security and it mentions "proxy > firewalls", so I'm wondering if an OpenBSD box with Squid installed > would fit this description? Or, are there other "proxy firewalls" the > author is referring to? > > The book mentions that although "proxy firewalls" tend to slow traffic > down, they are much more secure than a typical, "statefull packet > filtering" firewall. He says they will ignore the typical "network > discovery" methods, i.e. nmap, etc., etc. > > As a matter of curiosity, has anyone ran an nmap scan against an > OpenBSD box with Squid? What did the scan results indicate?
my guess would be it referes to `synproxy state'. -- error: one bad user found in front of screen
