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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: GLBX ICMP rate limiting (was RE: Tier-1 without their own backbone?)
At 09:26 AM 8/28/2003, you wrote: We have been rate limiting ICMP for a long time, however, it is only recently that the percentage limit has been reached and people have started to see "packet loss" as a result. However, the fact that customers stay up and are not affected by the latest DOS attacks and real traffic makes it to the proper destination makes a slight increase in support calls well worth it.It takes some education to the customers, but after they understand why, most are receptive. Especially when they get DOS'ed. -Robert Tellurian Networks - The Ultimate Internet Connection http://www.tellurian.com | 888-TELLURIAN | 973-300-9211 "Good will, like a good name, is got by many actions, and lost by one." - Francis Jeffrey
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