On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 18:01, Jeffrey Laramie wrote: > Agreed, but is that any reason to make it easier for them? I use similar rules > which BTW are out of Oskar's Tutorial. While I thankfully haven't seen it yet > on a Linux box (and with any luck I won't), on windows boxes it's not unusual > for programs to create or use interfaces and assign IPs to them and then use > these interfaces to query your network. AOL does this constantly and although > I believe they are trying to determine the most appropriate server to assign > to your connection, it's still unnerving to see public IPs on your LAN. :-p then the rules should have interface restrictions as well. do or do not do, there is no try. -j -- "Lisa, Vampires are make-believe, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos." --The Simpsons
