Re: bogon filtering question

[Ed Greshko <Ed Greshko greshko com>]

Vidiot wrote:
> I'm currently running RH 7.1 (moving to Fedora Core 3 soon).  I received
> the following e-mail:

> Please can you investigate this problem & remove/update this static =
> bogon list from your router/web server, as you filtering a 'live' block =
> of IP!
> ***** end quote *****
>
> What is this guy talking about?  I know that I've not done anything on
> purpose to block any IPs.  Is there a file somewhere that I can look at?
>
> Thanks for any pointers.

Are you running a firewall?  If so, how are you configuring the the 
firewall?  If you were using "shorewall" you'd look in 
/usr/share/shorewall and check the "bogons" file.  In earlier versions 
of shorewall the file may be located in /etc/shorewall.

So, it depends on the firewall configuration software you are using as 
to what/where the file is that needs checking.

http://www.completewhois.com/bogons/

has some nice documentation on bogons....

Regards,
Ed




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