[33141] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: RFC1918 addresses to permit in for VPN?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek J. Balling)
Sun Dec 31 15:18:53 2000
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Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:14:30 -0800
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From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
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>> That makes perfect sense to me...there is not a better way to protect a
>> box from a DOS/hack than to only give it a private address.
>
>this is a common fantasy. changing the its license place does not change
>the vulnerability of your car to an accident.
No, but putting your car on a private road that you need to circumvent
several roadblocks to reach IS a pretty good deterrent to its being in an
accident.
D
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