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Re: OSDL Bugzilla #2399: A user can remotely route a packet through eth0

from [Nivedita Singhvi] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: David Stevens <dlstevens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: OSDL Bugzilla #2399: A user can remotely route a packet through eth0 on a Linux machine
From: Nivedita Singhvi <niv@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 12:15:18 -0700
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, snortwiz@xxxxxxxxxxx
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David Stevens wrote: 
Routing is something done between different hosts. Hosts normally
will accept packets for any local  address, regardless of
which interface it was received on.

That's not a bug; that's how almost everything works. 

I think the only issue here is if an application that
binds to an interface should see packets coming in
from another - if that is what is happening here?.

thanks,
Nivedita




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