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

From: J. M. <hidden>
Date: 2004-05-13 17:18:25

It seems that design is flawed from a security perspective.  Granted 
dual-homed machines are not the ideal model for security, but I still 
shouldn't be able to access an interface on a different network just because 
it's connected to the same physical box as an interface I can reach.

-Jared

From: David Stevens <redacted>
To: niv@us.ibm.com
CC: netdev@oss.sgi.com, snortwiz@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: OSDL Bugzilla #2399: A user can remotely route a packet 
through eth0 on a Linux machine
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 12:53:46 -0600
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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.

                                +-DLS
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