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Re:Static IPs for Serverless Containers by bogantech on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @01:33AM (#42303499)
It's not authentication. People aren't using static ips for authentication purposes

But if I have firewall policies that allow connections only to specific services I need a destination address and port (yes, some firewalls allow host names but there's drawbacks to that)

> IP addresses aren't authenticated, they can be spoofed

For anything bidirectional you'd need the client to have a route back to you for that address, which would require you compromising some routers and advertising it via BGP etc.

You can spoof addresses all you want but it will generally not do much for a stateful protocol

Re:Static IPs for Serverless Containers by otabdeveloper4 on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @01:55AM (#42303610)
> People aren't using static ips for authentication purposes

Lol. Of course they do. In fact, it's the only viable way to authenticate servers in Current Year. Unlike ssh host keys, of which literally nobody on this planet takes seriously, or https certificates which is just make-work security theater.

Re:Static IPs for Serverless Containers by klysm on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @10:03AM (#42306834)
Now this is an interesting take - I can’t tell if you are being serious
Re:Static IPs for Serverless Containers by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday December 05, 2024 @01:08AM (#42325418)
I am serious. Have you ever done infrastructure work? The big and serious guys all use IP whitelists. Look at how email actually works, for example.
Re:Static IPs for Serverless Containers by klysm on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @10:10AM (#42306912)
> People aren't using static ips for authentication purposes

Unfortunately they are! I’ve seen up whitelistijg used as the only means of authentication over the WAN several times