On 24/03/2014 06:47, Mark Tinka wrote: > Because, at the very least, a laptop or server can run a > stateless packet filter to keep out pokes at ports that may > be running by default, but have no business being queried > over the network.
once upon a time, they didn't have host firewalls or packet filters, which was why we ended up with: https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Survival+Time+on+the+Internet/4721 Nick
