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=20 regarding Re: Problems with natd and simple firewall: > On the other hand, I do see packets hitting the other inbound RFC 1918= =20 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=20 logging RFC-1918-spoofed packets coming through my ISP in the past few=20 months.</ME TOO> I have also been using a closed (stateful) packet filter.=20 Needless to say, I phoned my ISP "technicians", I also sent mail, but=20 I still regularly see those packets almost every day. What's more,=20 this is, er, a big national (!) ISP in my country. The (IPv4) 'Net may be insecure by ... definition, but this kind of=20 thoughtlessness seems to me even worse. =20 Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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