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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:01:44 -0000, "Kelly J. Cooper" <[email protected]> said: > So, seven years of hardening hosts against SYN attacks. Five years of > trying to get people to turn off the forwarding of broadcast packets. > Three years of botnets generating meg upon meg of crap-bandwidth. > > Where are the suuuuuper-geniuses? You know, most bars have bouncers at the door that check IDs. Sure, they're not perfect, but the bartender can usually be pretty sure the guy ordering a beer is over 21. The average bar isn't run by a soooper-genius. But it's still considered fashionable to let packets roam your network without an ID check at the door. soooper-genius solutions aren't going to help any when there's a lot of address space that's managed by Homer Simpson.... -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech Attachment:
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