Re: Worldnet.att.net via Linux PPP Connection
On Fri, 13 Sep 1996, David L. Craig wrote:
dlc>> I am not aware that this could happen. There is no IP
dlc>> routing going on at all. Most ISPs (like us) block all
dlc>> routing information sent from the PPP link.
dlc>
dlc>I guess I wasn't clear. I wasn't refering to routing
dlc>protocols as much as the ability of packets to be
dlc>source-routed through the system. My point was this type of
Per default source routing under Linux is disabled. I still dont
know what the security issue is you are referring to?
dlc>document should include enough information, probably one
dlc>paragraph including a pointer to detailed info, that alerts
dlc>the reader to these security issues. It is not the job of
dlc>the ISPs to educate their customers about risks of being an
dlc>Internet host, and the network admin on the LAN side of this
dlc>path may not be aware the node is running a SLIP or PPP link
dlc>to an ISP.
dlc>
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