Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 23:34:56 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: Richard Martin <dmartin@origen.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problems with natd and simple firewall Message-ID: <20000724.23345600@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <397CCEAC.ECC9CCA6@origen.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007241258250.24335-100000@snafu.adept.org> <397CCEAC.ECC9CCA6@origen.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 7/25/00, 12:18:04 AM, Richard Martin <dmartin@origen.com> wrote regarding Re: Problems with natd and simple firewall: > On the other hand, I do see packets hitting the other inbound RFC 1918 filters > from time to time. Someone should have a talk with those routers... A low > level concern, but still a concern <ME TOO>I have regularly (maybe I should say "systematically") been logging RFC-1918-spoofed packets coming through my ISP in the past few months.</ME TOO> I have also been using a closed (stateful) packet filter. Needless to say, I phoned my ISP "technicians", I also sent mail, but I still regularly see those packets almost every day. What's more, this is, er, a big national (!) ISP in my country. The (IPv4) 'Net may be insecure by ... definition, but this kind of thoughtlessness seems to me even worse. Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the messagehelp
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