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Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

From: David Brodbeck <brodbd(at)u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon Aug 06 2007 - 17:22:04 EDT

On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> If this box is going to be a firewall, even with IP aliases, isn't
> this
> an issue? Is there no way for an attack to bypass the level 3
> router by
> doing something at a lower level?

Someone local to one of the two networks could send packets onto the other. So yes, this hurts the security of your firewall.

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