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Re: Request for comments: iptables script for use on laptops.



Hi,

On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 10:01:46AM +0200, Rolf Kutz wrote:
> > >   iptables -A INPUT  -j ACCEPT -s 127.0.0.1      # local host
> > >   iptables -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT -d 127.0.0.1
> > 
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this would also allow incoming
> > traffic from 127.0.0.1 to the eth0 interface. So somebody spoofing
> > his IP address to appear to be 127.0.0.1 could send _any_ traffic
> > to you and you would ACCEPT it, basically rendering the firewall
> > useless. Did I miss anything?
> 
> Maybe this:
> 
> | echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter

Um, no. The line is from my own script, but the one from George Hein
(which I was referring to) does not have that line.


Uwe.
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