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From: Anil Gunturu <anil@mistletoetech.com>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Subject: Re: tcp conn tracking
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:24:41 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <33219704.200191168881881760.JavaMail.root@smtp1.mistletoetech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0701151759250.23841@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>

OK. Does the same thing apply to ftp when NAT is involved? If the port command comes fragmented and out-of-order, and the conntrack module doesn't reassemble the packets, the "inside" ip address goes out untranslated. Is this considered a security breach.

Cheers,

-Anil

----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Anil Gunturu <anil@mistletoetech.com>
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org, Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:59:48 AM GMT-0800 US/Pacific
Subject: Re: tcp conn tracking


>So, ftp connection tracking doesn't work always. Just curious about 
>what is the rationale for such a solution? Is it assumed that if the 
>packet with PORT command is fragmented someone is deliberatly attacking 
>the system?

Yes you can assume that. FTP commands are usually not that long to not 
fit into a small packet.


        -`J'
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-01-15 17:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-15  5:14 tcp conn tracking Anil Gunturu
2007-01-15  7:47 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2007-01-15 16:57   ` Anil Gunturu
2007-01-15 16:59     ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-01-15 17:24       ` Anil Gunturu [this message]
2007-01-15 18:42         ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2007-01-15 18:49           ` Grant Taylor

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