From: "Leonardo Rodrigues Magalhães" <leolistas@solutti.com.br>
To: Mail List - Netfilter <netfilter@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Loopback security...
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:50:26 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <480E1752.2040308@solutti.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <480DF156.5060801@riverviewtech.net>
Grant Taylor escreveu:
>
> Said another way, Linux will not allow foreign traffic (non localhost)
> on the loopback interface for security reasons. I believe this to be
> a design decision based on security.
>
I have to confess that i have almost none experience with other
network OSs different than Linux. But i really think that this idea of
loopback interface do NOT connects to real interfaces it not a linux
decision. It seems to me that this is basically the whole loopback idea:
a network interface that connects the machine to itself, thus allowing
TCP/IP to fully exist even if the machine is not connect to 'real' networks.
The loopback interface is not 'connected' to the network, i really
dont think that this would be possible to configure or tweak.
--
Atenciosamente / Sincerily,
Leonardo Rodrigues
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-22 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-22 2:05 Loopback security Grant Taylor
2008-04-22 11:01 ` 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 [this message]
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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