On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 2:39 AM, DarkFoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I recently upgraded my pfsense platform to a new(er) motherboard with an
> integrated NIC with Wake On LAN.
> If I use this as my WAN interface, does it pose any security vulnerability?
> I do not see a way in the BIOS or as a jumper to turn off WOL.
>
> I would normally assume that it would get ignored by pfSense, as all
> unsolicited traffic is, but I want to be sure.
>
The most anyone could do (barring some sort of future exploit in WoL,
which is unlikely) is turn on the machine if it's off. The default
firewall rules will block the WoL traffic when the machine is on,
though even if it didn't you can't wake a machine that's on already.