----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Timothy Quimpo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 3:46 AM Subject: Re: [plug] [OT] firewall filtering
> On Friday 13 December 2002 01:17 am, fooler wrote: > > > > 2. but to block the ports i want to block, set port forwarding so > > > > that requests to those ports are sent to a non-existent internal > > > > IP (192.168.1.99). > > > > instead using 192.168.1.99, just port forward at your router's localhost > > and select the ip from range 127.0.0.1 to 127.255.255.254... > > ahhh, you're right. the other works, but this is better so that just in case > a box ever gets .1.99 via DHCP then there's still no hole. it is worth mentioning too that you are also preventing an arp broadcast traffic in your network segment... fooler. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
