From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 13:53:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA12119 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:53:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (root@orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.41]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA12064 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:53:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA02519; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:51:30 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.webspan.net: Host gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Annelise Anderson cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, "Humprey C. Sy" , fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk, questions@freebsd.org From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: tun0 message In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:44:59 PDT." Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:51:30 -0400 Message-ID: <2516.837463890@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Annelise Anderson wrote in message ID : > 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 -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info