network security related question
Rashkae
ubuntu at tigershaunt.com
Fri Feb 27 20:14:02 UTC 2009
Nils Kassube wrote:
>
> Could it be that you have your router configured in a way that makes
> your Ubuntu machine the "default server"? Maybe it has a different name
> in your router software. If you have enabled this option you don't
> block anything with your NAT setup. Then everything received by the
> router will be sent to your Ubuntu machine unless you have an extra
> filter to block specific traffic.
>
>
This is also called a DMZ host on some routers, and was my first guess
as well.
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