Re: wireless security on notebooks

[Orlin Gueorguiev <orlin () baturov com>]

> > Blocking incoming packets to your WAN from any private scheme
> > of IP addresses -  10.0.0.0 – 10.255.255.255  172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255
> > and 192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255 - is a good idea. In networking terms
> > is called IP Spoofing meaning that someone using any IP from the above
> > range may deceive your firewall settings and interpreted as someone from
> > your internal network!!
>
> Is there a singularity with these address ranges ?

Yep, those addresses are only for internal usage, they should not be routed in 
a WAN! thus blocking them is a good idea. Blocking 127.x.x.x on every 
computer/router/etc is a good practice as well, because         it should be used 
for only internal comunication.