rp_filter turns on Source Address Verification to provide some protection
against IP spoofing attacks. rp_filter checks each packet to verify that
replies to that packet would route back out the same interface it was
received on. Take a look at section 15.3 of the latest Firewall and Proxy
I coulnd't tell you the use of the rp_filter, but I know that I have
already set up several masquerade firewall and never changed its velue. I
only make sure that ip_forward is set to 1
HTH
Flupke
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Victor Richardson wrote:
I'm setting up a home cable-modem home behind a
I'm setting up a home cable-modem home behind a
Mandrake 7.1 box, I've
checked out the MASQ and Firewall HOWTO's and
understand them. Actually,
I used them with 6.0. Although, a few things have
changed since then. I
also searched the archives and there was only one
posting that didn't
answer this
