On Monday 16 June 2003 08:46 am, James Neave wrote: > Hi, > > My ISP NTL uses lots of rfc1918 addresses on its cable network. > There are several IPs in the 10.0.0.0/8 network that I have to allow > through my firewall. > The simplest solution is to just remove the norfc1918 option from the > /etc/shorewall/interfaces file. > > But I am unsure of what effects will arise. > Is this a really bad thing to do? Or will it not really effect me?
It's not a terrible risk, it just allows these address blocks to be treated like valid internet addresses. It should be fine as long as you only allow the address through that need to get through. -- ~Lynn Avants Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall Developer http://leaf.sourceforge.net http://guitarlynn.homelinux.org:81 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: INetU Attention Web Developers & Consultants: Become An INetU Hosting Partner. Refer Dedicated Servers. We Manage Them. You Get 10% Monthly Commission! INetU Dedicated Managed Hosting http://www.inetu.net/partner/index.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
