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Date:      Sun, 14 Mar 1999 16:24:19 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@ucb.crimea.ua>
To:        dg@freebsd.org
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipflow and ipfirewall
Message-ID:  <19990314162419.A10242@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
In-Reply-To: <199903131819.TAA29395@rt2.synx.com>; from Remy Nonnenmacher on Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 07:11:19PM %2B0100
References:  <19990313200150.A83040@relay.ucb.crimea.ua> <199903131819.TAA29395@rt2.synx.com>

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On Sat, Mar 13, 1999 at 07:11:19PM +0100, Remy Nonnenmacher wrote:
> On 13 Mar, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I thought about starting to use fast IP forwarding, but...
> > 
> > It seems that such "fast forwardable" packets, when passed from
> > ether_input(), for example, just simply bypass all firewall checks.
> > 
> > Am I right?
> > 
> 
> you are.
> 

It's a big security leak...
David, was it supposed by design (that such packets bypass firewall)?


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