On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 06:45:13AM -0700, Tom Eastep wrote:
> Using iptables for RFC1918 filtration really isn't the best approach in  
> many cases. It's generally better to null-route the RFC 1918 ranges:
>
>       ip route add unreachable 10.0.0.0/8
>       ip route add unreachable 172.16.0.0/8
>       ip route add unreachable 192.168.0.0/16
>
> and enable route filtering on your external interface(s).
>
> This approach is not without its hazards though. Consider if you were a  
> customer of an ISP who uses RFC 1918 addresses for its DHCP servers.

Although that is trivially fixed by adding specific routes for the
addresses of those servers.

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