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List:       ipcop-user
Subject:    Re: [IPCop-user] removing broadcast drops from log IPCOP  v.1.4.20
From:       "G.W. Haywood" <ged () jubileegroup ! co ! uk>
Date:       2012-11-04 10:14:15
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.1211041010290.29110 () mail5 ! jubileegroup ! co ! uk
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Hi there,
On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, GaryP wrote:

> to conclude this thread..

Not quite... :)

> ...
> in the real world this seems to mean that packets from network users
> with eg dropbox accounts (which look for other advertised dropbox
> services in the lan via broadcast on port 17500) are not logged  but
> still allow user's access to external dropbox accounts

In the real world you might be ignoring a big security problem:

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/dropbox-abused-spammers
http://www.symantec.com/connect/downloads/dropbox-custom-inventory-and-report

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73,
Ged.

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