Re: Question re security
- From: Andy Klock <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: oracle-l <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:51:04 -0500
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@xxxxxxxxx>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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