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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Denial of service attacks apparently from UUNET Netblocks
On Tue, Oct 07, 1997 at 09:03:15PM -0500, Brett Frankenberger wrote: > :: Joe Shaw writes :: > > > > Although this is all true, it still doesn't explain the fact that UUNet is > > allowing broadcast packets through their network. One would think that > > with the recent increase in broadcast DoS attacks, that UUNet would have > > taken a much more proactive stance. > > 167.132.194.255 is not a broadcast address. > > 167.132.2.15 is a broadcast address. > > How would you expect UUNet to know that? > > - Brett ([email protected]) On the device which forwarded the packet(s) to the device which echoes them, it *does* know. -- -- Karl Denninger ([email protected])| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/~karl | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex modem support is now available Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| 56kbps DIGITAL ISDN DOV on analog lines! Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | 2 FULL DS-3 Internet links; 400Mbps B/W Internal
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