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Routing is the process of moving packets across a network from one host to another. It is usually performed by dedicated devices called routers.

Routing is the process of moving packets across a network from one host to another. It is usually performed by dedicated devices called routers.

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Provider can access my local network?

I recently talked with my ISP about many things, basically related to my (little) company security, this guy is a networking guru to me, but he did a strange thing that worries me. Basically I have a web development machine located in my LAN, that…
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Routing traffic through compromised host

I have a shell in a remote machine. I want to route my traffic in a dynamic way, so that can access say https://www.google.com via the IP address of the previously mentioned compromised machine. I know you can route traffic to the internal network…
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Securing private IP space

As we all know, routers that you buy from the store come preset to hand out IP addresses using DHCP, generally on one of three networks: 10.0.1.1/24, 172.16.0.1/24, and 192.168.1.1/24. I personally restrict DHCP to a smaller range and use DHCP…
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What information does a standard router see?

I currently use my neighbours' WLAN (with their permission). It uses WPA2 and the DSL router is a Fritz!Box 7170 (see English manual). What information can a router admin user possibly see without using custom firmware? Is it possible to see which…
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Any safety with private IP addresses?

Possible Duplicate: How can someone hack my PC if I am connecting to the internet through NAT? Private IP addresses (172., 192. etc.) are not routable addresses, and not visible to the outside world due to NATing. Even if some incoming traffic…
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Avoid traffic toward unassigned ip address

In my environment job, we assign IP public segments to our customers. For example, I am using a /29 public segment. If the customer is only using two IP addresses, when I send a ping to the other IPs that the customer isn't using, I receive a…
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How routing protocols deal with malicious or faulty routers?

I know very little about Internet Protocol or networking in general but my understanding is that, at a very high level, the routing works by routers telling other routers how "fast" they can reach other destinations. What if there is a malicious (or…
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