A new report from a secure cloud hosting company shows that the effective use of IP reputation filtering creates an additional, or 'blackhole', layer of security. When probes from known attack sites return no response, the attackers don't probe deeper, they just give up and move on to an easier target.


https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/the-blackholing-side-effect-of-ip-reputation/
A new report from a secure cloud hosting company shows that the effective use of IP reputation filtering creates an additional, or 'blackhole', layer of security. When probes from known attack sites return no response, the attackers don't probe deeper, they just give up and move on to an easier target.
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:54:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/the-blackholing-side-effect-of-ip-reputation/

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