Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Support for wccp version 1 and 2 in ip_gre.c

[Paul P Komkoff Jr]

Replying to Lincoln Dale:
> the logic is correct, but it may make sense to call the appropriate 
> netfilter hook again with the "unwrapped" GRE packet, as otherwise 
> packets-inside-GRE represent a possible security hole where one can inject 
> packets externally and bypass firewall rules.

>From what I observe, netfilter hooks *are* called for unwrapped packets.
Either for usual IP packets  passed from GRE tunnel, or for demangled
wccp packets.

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