---------- Initial Header ----------- >From : netfilter-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To : "netfilter" netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc : Date : Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:25:41 +0200 Subject : RE: Wol Magic Packets > "claudio987@xxxxxxxxx" wrote: > > Rob Sterenborg... Can you answer me please? > > Ah, right. Last time you answered "ok, I'm sorry, I haven't red your > message at all." so then I thought "what's the use to answer".. > > If WOL packets really *do* enter your network then I don't know how to > block them. > > According to the AMD whitepaper a WOL packet is sent using a subnet > directed broadcast to pass through routers. If you search around the > internet, you find that directed broadcasts can be blocked by using: > "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts". > But, that's ICMP and UDP seems (commonly) to be used for WOL packets so > this would not help you. > > > Gr, > Rob > > > packet enters only if I send it to a port opened into the router...: for example: if I forward port 30 tcp\udp to 192.168.0.2 (pc of my lan) and I send a wol packet for another internet address out of my lan to poty 30 of external ppp0 interface of my router, pc 192.168.0.2 turns on ___________________________________________________________________ Prestiti da 15 istituti. Tan dal 5,90% per richieste entro il 31 Agosto. Servizio gratuito. http://click.libero.it/mutuionline1
