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On Sat, 1 May 1999, Joe Shaw wrote: > After dealing with UUNet security regarding several smurf incidents I > asked them this same question. Their response (and I'm sure it would be > the same response of others) was that a lot of the routers on their > network couldn't handle the load of using CEF-CAR to limit smurf attacks. The explanation I got from uunet regarding smurf attacks and why they dont shut down their smurf amplifiers when notified repeatedly about them, is that their ascend tnt's dont support icmp filtering. -Dan
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