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Subject: Re: IOC communication
From: Steve Lewis <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:18:57 -0700 (PDT)
 >     Here is what we put in st.cmd to get IOCs to be able to talk both to the
> outside world and to each other:
> 
> routeAdd "0","164.54.160.1"
> routeDelete "164.54.160.0","164.54.160.1"
> 
> which, as I understand it first tells the IOC to go to 160.1 for all
> connections, but then says that any connections on the local subnet should not
> go through this router.

I don't recommend giving VxWorks such a wide-open default, for security reasons.
Unless your router itself (164.54.160.1 in the example above) is carefully
configured--or some external router beyond that is acting as a serious
firewall--you are open to many attacks using TCP.  VxWorks is not very
secure (although it is quite *OBSCURE*).  I do recommend adding just: 1) host
routes to specific hosts that you intend to use CA; and 2) net routes to nets
that you know are truly secure--and have intended CA hosts on them.


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