Re: Port scan defense

From	nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Port scan defense
Date	2016-12-10 17:42 -0500
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In article <barmar-E8A1D2.17213610122016@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

> > > > > > ad blockers detect known ad sites and blocks them from loading.
> > > > > 
> > > > > And that's why they are better than editing your own hosts file.  The 
> > > > > last time I looked there were thousands of these sites.
> > > > 
> > > > no, because the hosts file prevents a connection to the site *at* *all*.
> > > 
> > > So does the ad blocker.
> > > 
> > > The ad blocker also looks for common patterns in the names of ad URLs, 
> > > so it doesn't need an exhaustive list of all the ad sites.
> > 
> > et ad blockers need to be continually updated, same as hosts files. 
> > 
> > either way works. two different paths to the same goal.
> 
> I assume AdBlock Plus downloads its rules from their server, so it's 
> always up-to-date.
> 
> Is there a service that provides an ad-blocking hosts file to download?

i got mine from:
<http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm>

i'm sure there are other sources. it's not that hard to make a list.

updating may not be automatic (although it could be), but that's just a
design tradeoff for the simplicity of a single text file that blocks
access systemwide for any app or process, versus a plugin that blocks
within only one app.

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  Re: Port scan defense Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-04 17:14 +0000
    Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-04 13:09 -0500
      Re: Port scan defense Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-04 18:49 +0000
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          Re: Port scan defense Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-04 23:34 +0000
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          Re: Port scan defense Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-05 17:58 +0000
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                Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-05 18:45 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-06 00:34 +0000
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                Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-06 08:40 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-12-06 15:17 +0000
                Re: Port scan defense Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-12-06 11:24 -0500
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                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2016-12-09 13:03 -0500
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                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-10 15:55 -0500
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-10 16:05 -0500
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-12-09 12:17 +1100
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-12-09 14:18 +0000
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-12-09 10:46 -0500
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-12-10 20:11 +0000
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-12-10 09:48 +1100
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2016-12-10 20:42 +0000
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-12-11 13:11 +1100
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                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-12 18:59 -0500
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-12-13 13:37 +1100
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                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-12-15 09:02 +1100
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                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-10 12:40 -0500
                Re: Apple Ads (Re: Port scan defense) Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-10 12:43 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2016-12-09 07:02 -0500
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                Re: Port scan defense MistahJohnson <null@example.com> - 2016-12-10 07:07 +0000
                Re: Port scan defense Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2016-12-09 07:03 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-09 10:30 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-12-09 10:51 -0500
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                Re: Port scan defense nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-06 12:38 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Krzysztof Mitko <invalid@kmitko.dot.list.at.pl> - 2016-12-06 18:50 +0100
                Re: Port scan defense nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-06 12:53 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2016-12-09 07:07 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-09 10:30 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-12-09 11:00 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-09 11:03 -0500
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                Re: Port scan defense nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-10 17:42 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2016-12-10 16:53 -0800
                Re: Port scan defense "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-12-10 19:28 -0600
                Re: Port scan defense nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-12-11 07:36 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-11 02:24 +0000
                Re: Port scan defense "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-12-06 16:46 -0600
                Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-06 18:51 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-07 07:52 +0000
                Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-09 08:17 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-06 15:20 +0000
                Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-06 18:51 -0500
                Re: Port scan defense Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-07 07:40 +0000
                Re: Port scan defense Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2016-12-09 06:55 -0500
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    Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-04 14:23 -0500
      Re: Port scan defense Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-12-04 19:51 +0000
        Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-04 15:15 -0500
      Re: Port scan defense JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-12-04 16:23 -0500
        Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-04 16:36 -0500
          Re: Port scan defense JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-12-04 16:47 -0500
            Re: Port scan defense Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-12-04 16:52 -0500
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