Re: secure installation

> does it not cover the case of packets arriving at eth0 spoofed as
> from 127.0.0.1 ?

Right you are, that slipped my mind.

I seem to recall that earlier versions of debian had rp_filter default to 1 (I see sarge still has this, you set spoofprotect=yes in /etc/network/options, and afaik it defaults to yes).

I agree with the rest of the sentiment on the list though. I like lean installs. I like to use a product called "firehol" to build my (admittedly very simple) firewalls, but I will never advocate that it be installed by default. I'd absolutely hate it if someone forced me to install shorewall because they think I need to be protected from myself. I think that is what most people are trying to say.

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