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Date:      Tue, 15 May 2001 18:07:41 -0700
From:      "Crist Clark" <crist.clark@globalstar.com>
To:        anderson@centtech.com
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: risks of ip-forwarding, without ipf/ipfw
Message-ID:  <3B01D2DD.C1DEBD2E@globalstar.com>
References:  <3B01A386.53176DF8@centtech.com>

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Eric Anderson wrote:
> 
> What are the risks of having a dual-homed machine (2 NIC's), one on the
> big bad internet and one on a home lan, with ip forwarding enabled,
> without ipf or ipfw running?

A.k.a. a router.

All it means is that every machine on the home LAN must be hardened 
and treated as if it were directly connected to the Internet 'cause, 
well, it is.
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Crist J. Clark                                Network Security Engineer
crist.clark@globalstar.com                    Globalstar, L.P.
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