Re: [Devil-linux-develop] freshmeat.net: Project details for IP Tables network magic SysRq

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On 03/16/2004 05:57:59 PM Diego Torres wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 02:54:28PM -0500, Bruce Smith wrote:
>> >
>> > I know. But you would not enable it from any IP, would you?
>>
>> But IP spoofing is easy, and it's not like there is a conversation
>going
>> on.  All someone has to do is spoof the source IP and send a packet.
>
>i dare you to do any ip spoofing nowadays :)
>
>you isp has filters that prevents you from doing that... for sure!
>
>> > Maybe those numbers can be supplied on some other way in the future.
>> > May let's mail the author. What do you think?
>>
>> Yes, it would be nice if the numbers could be supplied as an option
>when
>> loading the module, and as an option in the client program (along with
>> the port number).  As it is now, I wouldn't include it in DL.
>
>if the author has made the port number configurable, i don't think that
>he/she has/wants to put more effort on it...

Actually we're in contact with the author and he's very interested getting
the issues resolved.

Heiko