From owner-freebsd-security Mon Nov 12 19: 6:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [216.33.66.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25BE837B416 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 19:06:55 -0800 (PST) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1098) id E3EE581D05; Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:06:49 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:06:49 -0600 From: Bill Fumerola To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filtering packets based on incoming address [ack. plaintext now] Message-ID: <20011112210649.E81711@elvis.mu.org> References: <001201c16b82$4da9d1e0$9700a8c0@ezri> <20011112134317.A46767@greg.cex.ca> <20011112191518.C81711@elvis.mu.org> <20011112194105.C13393@elvis.mu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011112194105.C13393@elvis.mu.org>; from bright@mu.org on Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 07:41:05PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.4-FEARSOME-20010909 i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 07:41:05PM -0600, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Bill Fumerola [011112 19:15] wrote: > > > > every router in-between is ({un,}willingly) participating in the attack. > > Bad router, no source routing plz! (right? :) ) right. hence my careful wording about "the modern internet". that or the case where someone has manually added a static route on each router inbetween victim and attacker. this is probably just as improbable as finding a path where all routers respect source routing... -- - bill fumerola / fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org / billf@mu.org - my anger management counselor can beat up your self-affirmation therapist To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message