Re: [gentoo-user] IPTABLES syntax change?

[Mick]

On Saturday 05 Jan 2013 03:26:10 Michael Mol wrote:
> On Jan 4, 2013 8:33 PM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 03:27:59PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote
> >
> > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
>
> wrote:
> > > >   The mere fact that you haven't manually typed in...
> > > >
> > > > http://www.facebook.com/blah_blah_blah does not mean you're not
> > > > connecting to it.
> > >
> > > But all that's above layer 3, since it's an HTTP redirect, or a page
> > > transclusion which necessitates a new GET request. Michael's point
> > > stands.
> > >
> >   And I want to make sure that new GET request is blocked coming and
> >
> > going.
> >
> > --
> > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
> > I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
>
> And it will, for the simple reason that outbound psckets are dropped, so
> inbound packets are nevrr valid. That was Michael's point.

It will, but only partially.  It seems that the list is long and it is getting 
longer and longer!  Check this out:

whois -h whois.radb.net -- '-i origin AS32934' | grep ^route

(as advised by https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ApplicationSecurity/)

BTW, websites may break if you block all these ip ranges.
-- 
Regards,
Mick