Hi Tom,

--- Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Tom Eastep wrote:
> > Tom Eastep wrote:
> >> Christian Schneider wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Could you remove that check for norfc1918
> options on interfaces with 
> >>> rfc1918 addresses, Tom, please?
> >>
> >> Remove it yourself! All of the HOWTOs make a
> point of that issue and 
> >> if you just remove the 'norfc1918' option as the
> HOWTOs direct in 
> >> cases like this, then you won't have this issue.
> > 
> > As an aside, Shorewall-perl 4.2 drops the
> 'norfc1918' option.
> 
> Not quite true -- I looked at the 4.2.0-Beta1 code
> again and it deprecates 
> the 'norfc1918' option and it only gives a warning
> if the option is 
> specified on an interface with an RFC-1918 address.
> 
> The bottom line is that the 'norfc1918' option was
> probably a bad idea to 
> begin with, it is going away, and I recommend
> against using it.

Why is it such a bad idea?

I remember when I didn't use it my firewalls would get
hammered with those rfc1918 spoofed addresses.

Regards,

Michael.

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