[33182] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: RFC1918 addresses to permit in for VPN?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Deron J. Ringen)
Tue Jan 2 09:06:12 2001
From: "Deron J. Ringen" <djr@eng.bellsouth.net>
To: "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com>
Cc: "Simon Lyall" <simon.lyall@ihug.co.nz>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:02:37 -0500
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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.
>
> randy
>
>
True...but parking your car in a garage as opposed to on the street does
make it less vulnerable to theft.
...djr...
