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add security issue.
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itojun committed Apr 14, 2000
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $Id: gif.4,v 1.4 2000/03/12 13:12:27 itojun Exp $
.\" $Id: gif.4,v 1.4.2.1 2000/04/14 09:07:33 itojun Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 10, 1999
.Dt GIF 4
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interfaces first, and then sent to
.Xr vif 4
if no match is found.
.Pp
.Ss Security
Malicious party may try to circumvent security filters by using
tunnelled packets.
As mentioned above, multi-destination mode
.Pq Dv IFF_LINK0
is far less secure than bidirectional mode.
.\"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr inet 4 ,
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