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Re: [Ipsec-tools-devel] ipv4/ipv6 forwarding check

To: a.kasparas@xxxxxx (Aidas Kasparas)
Subject: Re: [Ipsec-tools-devel] ipv4/ipv6 forwarding check
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 17:23:53 +1000
Cc: latten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ipsec-tools-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Aidas Kasparas <a.kasparas@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>        Meanwhile, I would like to recomend to abstain from upgrading to 
> anything above 2.6.9.

Doesn't sound like a good idea as that's a massive security hole.

Racoon with a pre-2.6.9 kernel will allow source addresses to come
through the IPsec tunnel even if the violate IPsec policies.
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