From owner-freebsd-security Tue May 15 18: 7:46 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from nsmail.corp.globalstar.com (gibraltar.globalstar.com [207.88.248.142]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCBF37B422 for ; Tue, 15 May 2001 18:07:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from crist.clark@globalstar.com) Received: from globalstar.com ([207.88.153.184]) by nsmail.corp.globalstar.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GDELSA00.IA7; Tue, 15 May 2001 18:07:22 -0700 Message-ID: <3B01D2DD.C1DEBD2E@globalstar.com> Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 18:07:41 -0700 From: "Crist Clark" Organization: Globalstar LP X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: anderson@centtech.com Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: risks of ip-forwarding, without ipf/ipfw References: <3B01A386.53176DF8@centtech.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eric Anderson wrote: > > What are the risks of having a dual-homed machine (2 NIC's), one on the > big bad internet and one on a home lan, with ip forwarding enabled, > without ipf or ipfw running? A.k.a. a router. All it means is that every machine on the home LAN must be hardened and treated as if it were directly connected to the Internet 'cause, well, it is. -- Crist J. Clark Network Security Engineer crist.clark@globalstar.com Globalstar, L.P. (408) 933-4387 FAX: (408) 933-4926 The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact postmaster@globalstar.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message