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* Dan Hollis ([email protected]) [990501 08:35]: > > 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 > I had a different view for the worldcom pops. as they got customers with sub-t1 and t1 they connect it to smaller devices and digger ones to cisco 7513 / b - stdx and fore switches. Nevertheless some URL pointing the uunet structure of a gigapop: http://info.uu.net/tv/unite/low/hubs.html Jan -- Jan Czmok Senior Network Engineer GIGABELL AG
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