David F. Skoll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) @ 2006.01.31 16:30:48 -0500: > [Discussion on "learning" your external IP] > > No matter what method you use, Evil NAT Boxes can defeat it. For example, > I know of some NAT boxes that pick a public address in a round-robin fashion > for each outgoing TCP connection. There's no sensible way to find out > your "real" IP address from an external source under those circumstances.
Oh man! -- I assume such devices at least keep the translations open for the length of a TCP session? (Not that UDP DNS queries would necessarily follow the same guidelines, of course. -- It's just my own morbid curiosity.) ....Sean -- Sean Ware Midway Amusement Games, LLC Senior Network Engineer 2727 W. Roscoe Street Information Technology Department Chicago, IL 60618-5909 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (773) 961-2000 _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list MIMEDefang@lists.roaringpenguin.com http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
