From owner-freebsd-security Sat Apr 3 12:27: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from xwin.nmhtech.com (xwin.nmhtech.com [208.138.46.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6568814E6C for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:27:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nicole@xwin.nmhtech.com) Received: by xwin.nmhtech.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 249902EE1A; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:25:07 -0800 (PST) Content-Length: 1951 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 12:25:07 -0800 (PST) From: Nicole Harrington To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Subject: Re: Someone trying to route to my machine? Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 03-Apr-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Nicole Harrington writes: >> Below are some messages I don't understand. Is someone trying to >> route to my machine to do something? [...] >>=20 >> Mar 29 03:47:43 ton Forwarded from XXXXXXX: Forwarded from >> XXXXXXXX: routed[72]: static route 203.150.128.4/32 --> 0.0.0.0 >> impossibly lacks ifp >=20 > Why do you run routed? Unless that box is a backbone router on your > LAN/WAN, you do not need, and should not run, routed. >=20 Yes, you are correct. I have turned it off, I never noticed it on. I have = been migrating my configs since 2.2.5 and I think it was on by default then or something. It certainly is a boneheaded thing to have on. (wap) Even so, if someone detected I was running routed, could they use that to = try to route to a machine for some nefarius reason? > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message |\ __ /| (`\ =20 | o_o |__ ) ) =20 // \\ =20 nicole@nmhtech.com | http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | http://www.dangermouse.org -------------------------(((---(((----------------------- =20 - Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD - - Stong enough for a man - But made for a Woman - =20 - I'm not ADD - I'm just Multithreaded - - Microsoft: What bug would you like today? - ---------------------------------------------------------- SYSADMIN(1) Sysadmin is the keeper of all things computer, is generally harangued, must= be=20 supplied with caffeine, chocolate, and sushi in order to function=20 properly,=20 cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, and must not be allowed to have a lif= e. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message