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| From | rhkramer@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: regarding firewall discussion |
| Date | 2022-06-01 21:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <EtBTb-1RMC-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <EsZNT-1sAJ-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <EsZNT-1sAJ-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <EtAkp-1QNz-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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> mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> wrote: > > regarding firewall discussion I'm uncertain how firewalls are > > supposed to work. > > I think the idea is that nothing is accepted unless it is in response > > to a request. > > What's to stop some spurious instructions being sent in response to > > genuine request? Just for the record, what you described (nothing is accepted unless it is in response to a request) is more like the way that NAT worked (at least in its original incarnations). (I say it that way because I haven't kept up with NAT, so don't know how it may have changed).
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