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Add recommendation against 'nobogons'

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</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>2004-12-31</pubdate>
<pubdate>2005-01-26</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>2001-2004</year>
<year>2001-2005</year>
<holder>Thomas M. Eastep</holder>
</copyright>
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address reserved by the IANA or by other RFCs (other than
1918) are dropped after being optionally logged. See the
/etc/shorewall/bogons file documentation below.</para>
<para>I personally recommend against using the nobogons
option. The IPV4 address space is being rapidly depleated so
the benefit of blocking traffic from unallocated address
ranges is minimal. Plus the rate at which address blocks are
being assigned causes your /etc/shorewall/bogons file to
become out of date with the result that legitimate traffic
gets blocked.</para>
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