[ale] nmap and REJECT rules

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Mon May 9 10:00:46 EDT 2005


I have iptables to reject attempted connections to certain ports.  NMAP
sees these as filtered.  I thought reject was to give the appearance
that they are closed.  How does NMAP know that it is being filtered. 
Maybe DROP is a better rule?




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