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On 06/19/2015 02:26 PM, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> Hello List;
>
> In my firewall log I see log entries showing inbound traffic being 
> blocked from ip addresses in the 10.0.0.0/8 range.
>
> My question is what purpose can this be used for by a hacker?

Well, for one thing, since these are local lan addresses, it
can block your 10.x.x.x
network in the specified (lowest octet) range from talking to each other.