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Am Samstag, 4. Februar 2006 13:50 schrieb mir Jon Mitchell: |
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> The current behaviour of a default Gentoo install is to load iptables |
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> after the network has been initialised. Upon shutting down likewise |
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> iptables is shutdown then the network interface. This strikes me as |
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> presenting a window of opportunity when the computer is exposed |
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> without iptables, albeit a small one. |
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> Do people on this list think there is any value in re-arranging this |
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> order by default? |
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No this doesn't offers a hole, when no service is running and routing is |
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deactivated. So all services have to be started after iptables rules. |
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Same for routing. |
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Iptables doesn't have to protect the TCP/IP stack but a network behind |
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the host or services on that host. |
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Best regards |
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Oli |
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