From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Kevin Dwyer Subject: Re: Creating a Hybrid Connection to Balance Traffic Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 21:28:54 -0400 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <20021026212854.5da2995f.kevin.dwyer@algx.net> References: <20021026190433.24795.qmail@web40607.mail.yahoo.com> <39397.192.168.7.14.1035674081.squirrel@iw.k1k2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <39397.192.168.7.14.1035674081.squirrel@iw.k1k2.com> Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 10:14:41 +1100 (EST) Andrew Smith wrote: > Use google to look up egress, but basically it means that they > may only allow the source IP of outgoing packets to match the > IP address they supply you and they drop all other packets. > This is apparently common in the USA. But distressingly not common enough. I know for a fact that Verizon does do this with their DSL which uses PPPoE (except I was hypothetically testing some theoretical spoofing ideas ;). I know for a fact dozens of ISPs who do not because it would load their equipment to excess. -- /* Kevin Dwyer Allegiance Internet */ /* network security engineer Commerce Center II */ /* email: Kevin.Dwyer@algx.net 7601 Ora Glen Drive */ /* phone: 240-616-2075 Greenbelt, MD 20770 */ /* >++++++++++[<++++++++++>-]<.+++++.----.[-]++++++++++. */