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On Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:10:50 -0400 (EDT) John Fraizer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Richard Welty wrote: > haven't you ever heard of smurf? > I wasn't aware the SMURF used source-routing. It generally simply > spoofed > the source address of the packet. If more ISPs properly filtered on the > customer edge back then, SMURF wouldn't have been as deadly as it > was/(is). my mistake. when smurf was first explained to me lo those many years ago, the person who explained it (and it's been so long i don't even remember who that was) claimed it used source routing. i never really questioned that, but everyone who has corrected me is right -- it doesn't need source routing to work. oops, richard -- Richard Welty [email protected] Averill Park Networking 518-573-7592 Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security
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