On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Bill Wohler wrote:
> In a recent Usenix login; magazine, an article on security noted the
> following configurations for Linux. I noticed that most are already
> in place in my 2.0.33 kernel (I haven't upgraded to hamm yet, but
> soon!)
>
> I couldn't find mention
-> To prevent Linux from forwarding any packets, recompile the kernel
-> with the option CONFIG_IP_FORWARD off.
who does compile linux with packet forwarding on when he des not want it to
be a router ?
-> To prevent responding to pings altogether, use
-> CONFIG_IP_IGNORE_ECHO_REQUESTS on.
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