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From: kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Bogon List
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:39:16
Message-Id: 4A9DA49F.7000106@badapple.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Bogon List by Grant
1 Grant wrote:
2 > I should have been more specific. That link I posted discusses how
3 > blocking the Bogon List can cause problems as some of the IPs on the
4 > list come into use. I'd like to not use it at all, and I'm wondering
5 > if I'm using it as part of a default setup of shorewall, apache2, or
6 > other software. Do you know of any software that uses it by default?
7 >
8 > - Grant
9 >
10
11 Ah. Yeah shorewall turns it on by default unless that's changed. You
12 should be fine if you keep Shorewall updated which installs a new bogon
13 file or you can turn it off.
14
15 http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4404A628.1010301%40shorewall.net&forum_name=shorewall-users
16
17 I can't think of anything other than firewall rules that include their
18 own bogon filter because they do go out of date within a year or two.
19
20 kashani

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Re: [gentoo-user] Bogon List Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>