New ZeroConf Spec

[Dan Kegel]

On 7/18/06, Hervé Fache <Herve at lucidia.net> wrote:
> > It is not really possible for the system to tell reliably whether its
> > ethernet interface is exposed to the Internet or is only on `a local
> > network' (whatever that might mean, but presumably something with less
> > hostile traffic).
>
> In some cases, it is: 10.0.0.0/24 172.16.0.0/12 192.168.0.0/16 169.254.0.0/16

The problem is, malware has a nasty habit of hopping over firewalls
(say, via email and IM clients), so even 'local networks' are handy
attack vectors.  The phrase "crunchy outer shell with a chewy nougat
center" comes to mind.