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Re: Is there a line of defense against Distributed Reflective attacks?

  • From: E.B. Dreger
  • Date: Sat Jan 18 22:43:43 2003 
CLM> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 05:16:43 +0000 (GMT)
CLM> From: Christopher L. Morrow


CLM> Egress filters are a distraction... today you don't have to
CLM> spoof. These are the red herring of 'security'.

They're one component, but not the cure-all.  With an increasing
number of "h4x0r3d" hosts, anti-spoofing's importance certainly
diminishes.  However...


CLM> Hmm, but the smaller the network the easier to filter it
CLM> is... right?

...you said it.  From an equipment standpoint, anyway.


Eddy
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