[CLUE-Tech] firewall question

[David Anselmi]

Don Collier wrote:

> Hello all.  I just finished putting a iptables firewall together and
> keep getting this log about every minute or so.  It is comming from my
> router on UDP port 520.  From what I understand UDP port 520 is used
> for local routing processes.  Should I continue to block this traffic
> or allow it.  If I do allow it, what are the security conserns
> involved?  Thanks.

RIP is proabably not something you need on your inside network.  Can you
check your router docs and turn it off there?

Dave