Re: Is it safe to use libnetfilter_queue in these cases?

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Hello,

Le lundi 11 février 2013 à 12:43 +0800, Aaron Lewis a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> When I process a packet with libnetfilter_queue, would it be safe to:
> 
> 1) Consider a packet is always valid, for example,
> 
> In the callback, you extract the payload to a "char *data", now you
> want the protocol id, so you check data[9],
> 
> Is it safe if I don't check the package length first? (Would Iptables
> drop it manually?)

It is always good for security reason to check the length.

The following document contain useful information about
libnetfilter_queue:
https://home.regit.org/netfilter-en/using-nfqueue-and-libnetfilter_queue/

BR,
--
Eric Leblond

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