Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu>]

On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> If this box is going to be a firewall, even with IP aliases, isn't  
> this
> an issue?  Is there no way for an attack to bypass the level 3  
> router by
> doing something at a lower level?

Someone local to one of the two networks could send packets onto the  
other.  So yes, this hurts the security of your firewall.