On Apr 11, 2005 12:55 PM, Peter Vogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran a security test via a website that checks my ADSL service for open > ports etc and it reported that all was well except that they could > determine that the IP address of the workstation on my LAN > was 192.168.0.10. > > I was surprised that this was possible - can someone explain in simple > terms the mechanism by which an IP packet can betray its origin.
This is normal obtained via a proxy server. So if your ISP is using a http proxy or transparent proxy, then this info could of been passed to the script that checks your ports. etc. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
