From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@riverviewtech.net>
To: Mail List - Netfilter <netfilter@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Loopback security...
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:05:42 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <480D47F6.9080808@riverviewtech.net> (raw)
It is my (mis)understanding that the Linux kernel treats the loopback
interface and / or the 127.0.0.1/8 subnet as (in a word) "sacred" and as
such secures it. I believe I understand the mentality of this and do
not have a problem with it. However after helping someone work around
this problem (via rinetd) I find my self asking wondering is it possible
to disable this security on the loopback interface. Is there a /proc
and / or sys control entry that can be throbbed to allow traffic in to
and / or out of the loopback interface?
Grant. . . .
next reply other threads:[~2008-04-22 2:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-22 2:05 Grant Taylor [this message]
2008-04-22 11:01 ` Loopback security Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães
2008-04-22 14:08 ` Grant Taylor
2008-04-22 16:04 ` Pascal Hambourg
2008-04-22 19:43 ` Grant Taylor
2008-04-23 10:51 ` Pascal Hambourg
2008-04-25 20:00 ` Grant Taylor
2008-04-22 20:51 ` Petr Pisar
2008-04-23 9:31 ` Pascal Hambourg
2008-04-23 9:45 ` Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães
2008-04-22 16:50 ` Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães
2008-04-22 20:07 ` Grant Taylor
2008-04-22 20:25 ` Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães
2008-04-23 0:38 ` Grant Taylor
2008-04-23 9:07 ` Pascal Hambourg
2008-04-23 9:44 ` Pascal Hambourg
2008-04-22 19:48 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-04-22 20:16 ` Grant Taylor
2008-04-23 15:22 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-04-25 20:11 ` Grant Taylor
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