How does the IP address of my workstation get through my masquerading firewall?
Is there something I should disable? On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:59:22 +1000 Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 11, 2005 12:55 PM, Peter Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I ran a security test via a website that checks my ADSL service for open > > ports etc and it reported that all was well except that they could > > determine that the IP address of the workstation on my LAN > > was 192.168.0.10. > > > > I was surprised that this was possible - can someone explain in simple > > terms the mechanism by which an IP packet can betray its origin. > > This is normal obtained via a proxy server. So if your ISP is using a > http proxy or transparent proxy, then this info could of been passed > to the script that checks your ports. etc. Peter Vogel CTO IceTV Personal Digital Television Level 2, 34 Chandos St St Leonards 2065 Tel: 1300 654 803 Direct tel: 02 4751 8735 Mobile: 0410 192 006 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
