Re: Company Firewall's IP Address

[Bill Hamel <billh () bugs hamel net>]

Hi,

Proxy / Spoof what ?  Unless the destination
knows the source IP, there is no return path.

Remember packets don't leave a trail of bread crumbs so that they can
find their way back ;)

-b


On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Meritt James wrote:

> Proxy.  Spoofing.
>
> Bill Hamel wrote:
> > Unless I am missing something in the question, no matter what you do,
> > what/whoever you connect to through a firewall will always know the IP
> > address of the the trusted interface of the firewall.
> >
> > -bh
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Meritt James wrote:
> >
> > > "an" IP Address - not necessarily the originating individual.  There are
> > > a LOT of ways around that.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > Leonard.Ong () nokia com wrote:
> > >
> > > > There is nothing new about finding your IP Address and display it on the web page.
> > >
> > > --
> > > James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
> > > Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> > > phone: (410) 684-6566
>
> --
> James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
> phone: (410) 684-6566