North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: no ip forged-source-address
On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 [email protected] wrote: > On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 06:21:00 GMT, "Christopher L. Morrow" said: > > > I'm confused.. its still a DoS attack, eh?? > > It's the difference between: > > A) Going out to your car at the end of a too-long day and finding a > broken taillight. > > B) Going out to your car at the end of a too-long day and finding a > broken taillight and a business card under the windshield wiper that > has "Sorry - call me and I'll pay for it" written on the back. > I think the spoofed source filtering is more a red-herring than anything else. Its not the fix for anything related to this problem of attacks on the internet. Spoofed or non, I can forward 1,000,000pps at your network and it will die (most times). This is like trying to fix a rotten decayed tooth with trident.
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