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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: netscan.org update
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote: > > > From: Troy Davis [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:49 AM > > > > On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Roeland M.J. Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I know that all of you are aware of this. Granted, each subsequently > > > smaller subnet also limits the maximum number of hosts that > > will respond > > > to the smurf trigger. The point is that, the web-site ONLY > > tests 0 and > > > > Actually, that's often not the case. Through NAT and other modern > > marvels, it's possible to have massively overpopulated netblocks that > > all respond. The largest amplifier we've found yet was 170,000x (on > > a class C). > > Thank you Troy, However my point remains. > Roeland, I believe that during the last run, netscan tested down to the /27 boundry. While I agree that this isn't as complete as testing down to the /30 boundry, even testing to the /24 boundry provides more information than not testing at all. Additionally, the website indicates that there will be another test down to the /27 boundry. --- John Fraizer EnterZone, Inc
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