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Re: Linux Firewall.



Mike Almogy wrote:

> So if i want to crack a firewall all i need to do is to enable the
> IP_FORWARDING ?
>

If you get to the stage where you can do that, there are much "better"
ways to do it. Or at least smarter.

> Another thing, If i have IP class 192.168.XXX.XXX no one can access to it
> from outside, right ?
> Isn't it secure by itself ? No one can access my workstations (or private
> servers) unless he is on the same network with the same ip class, right ?

In principle yes, RFC-obeying routers should not let these pass networks.
But we have seen so many RFC-ignoring over the years...

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