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Subject: Re: Interesting packets fron the net
From: "W.C. \"Jay\" Epperson" <epperson @ vak12ed . edu>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 8:25:36 EST
To: dennis @ SterCtl . com (Dennis Moroney)
In-reply-to: <199604020529 . XAA00770 @ SterCtl . com>; from "Dennis Moroney" at Apr 1, 96 11:29 pm

Some folks were saying:
[snip]
> > 	It's also the signature of an IP spoofing attack. If you had
> > the actual packets logged, you could tell more certainly. I don't think
> > ciscos can log denied packets, but I may well be wrong.
> > 
[snip]
> 
> Yes, you are wrong. Add the verb 'log' to the end of an access-list
> rule and you will get the source IP address, destination IP address
> as well as the source and destination ports.

Ah, another undocumented feature (at least on _my_ UniversCD) from
the "UNIX: Wrong Choice for Firewalls" folks.

> 
> Caveat, it is really easy to break the access-list rules and make you
> think the router is getting 'spoofed'. I know because I stupidly did
> not double check my work while I was in a hurry one afternoon.
> 

It's really easy to break anything when the documentation is hit or miss.
Before you hit that "r" key:  I use Cisco products, think the hardware,
software, and support are great, just think the doc stinks.
--
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Senior SE                        Self-confidence, my friends call it."
Information Security Officer             --Edgar Allan Poe--
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Virginia Dept. of Education	        
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