Yes, I know what you mean...similar to VPN default filter generation
on IP Passthrough.  Perhaps it was like this to begin with so people
without a clue could create a tunnel then default filter set and be
running.  I agree with you on how it should be generated though.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:38:18 -0400, you wrote:

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>The point is that I *DID* look my configuration over, but missed
>this.  Normally I leave those filters in the configuration, but
>disable them.
>
>My point is that with a simple change, the Default Filter set
>could be made to err much more on the side of blocking too
>much (which is usually discovered an corrected quickly, as it
>tends to be very obvious in testing) rather than erring on
>the side of being too promiscuous, which is much more likely
>to be missed, and has much more serious consequences.
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>Subject: Re: DEFAULT: Allow all networks to access inbound tunnel
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>If you create a tunnel there is a checkbox to allow all, however, you
>have to check it.  If you generate default filter set after you create
>a tunnel it will make a filter for the tunnel you created.  However,
>you should never rely on a default filter set and you should have at
>LEAST looked them over.  We all make mistakes...hopefully your
>customer will understand.
>
>On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:35:30 CDT, you wrote:
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>>None of my Gnatboxes have this filter you speak of.
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>>Chris Green
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>>>From: "Michael W. Burden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Subject: DEFAULT: Allow all networks to access inbound tunnel
>>>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:03:24 -0400
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>>>Dangit, dangit, dangit!
>>>
>>>I missed disabling one of those "DEFAULT: Allow all networks to
>>>access inbound tunnel" filters.  Someone port scanned the Customer,
>>>and now I look like an idiot.
>>>
>>>Can anyone see ANY reason for those filters now that the GNAT Box
>>>has the check-box to create one when you create the tunnel?
>>>At the very least, I think they should be disabled by default!
>>>
>>>If I wanted an Accept Any/All filter, I would have checked the box
>>>for it when I created the tunnel!  If I didn't check the box,
>>>don't give me an Accept Any/All filter I didn't ask for!!
>>>(Whatever happened to the "anything not explicitly allowed is
>>>denied" mentality?  If I make a mistake I want the GNAT Box to
>>>err on the side of too much security, not too little!)
>>>
>>>
>>>Mike Burden
>>>Lynk Systems
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