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The risk reduction is negligible if someone is doing a portscan on your host. Connection attempts to non standard ports will eventually occur. The better solution is to use single packet authorization.[1]

1. http://cipherdyne.org/fwknop/



Yeah. It depends on how persistent they are. Using DROP on all closed ports may discourage some attackers. Others may remain undeterred.




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