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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:51:30 -0400
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
To:        Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu>
Cc:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, "Humprey C. Sy" <humprey@linux1.dlsu.edu.ph>, fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: tun0 message 
Message-ID:  <2516.837463890@orion.webspan.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:44:59 PDT." <Pine.BSI.3.94.960715102954.2902A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> 

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Annelise Anderson wrote in message ID
<Pine.BSI.3.94.960715102954.2902A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>:
> But the default route goes to the router!  How else are the packets going
> to get out????

Because there is no authentication in RIP, so ANYONE on the network
can advertise themselves as the default route, and sniff any traffic
they like ...

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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