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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bogon List
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:22:50
Message-Id: 49bf44f10909021531r7927bbb1q22bb812f07f58726@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Bogon List by kashani
1 >> I should have been more specific.  That link I posted discusses how
2 >> blocking the Bogon List can cause problems as some of the IPs on the
3 >> list come into use.  I'd like to not use it at all, and I'm wondering
4 >> if I'm using it as part of a default setup of shorewall, apache2, or
5 >> other software.  Do you know of any software that uses it by default?
6 >>
7 >> - Grant
8 >>
9 >
10 > Ah. Yeah shorewall turns it on by default unless that's changed. You should
11 > be fine if you keep Shorewall updated which installs a new bogon file or you
12 > can turn it off.
13 >
14 > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4404A628.1010301%40shorewall.net&forum_name=shorewall-users
15 >
16 > I can't think of anything other than firewall rules that include their own
17 > bogon filter because they do go out of date within a year or two.
18 >
19 > kashani
20
21 Thanks kashani. It sounds like shorewall-3.* doesn't support nobogons anyway.
22
23 - Grant