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>>>> Filtering the bogons does help, and everyone should perform anti-spoofing >>>> in the appropriate places. It isn't, however, a silver bullet. >>> it's necessary but not sufficient. >> anti-spoofing is useful, but vastly insufficient, and hence not necessary > anti-spoofing eliminates certain avenues of attack allowing one to focus > on remaining avenues, and hence (as Vix stated) is necessary but not > sufficient. it turns 1% of the technical problem into a massive social business problem which, even if it was solvable (which it practically isn't), would also be addressed by technical solutions where no spoofing is involved. but it would provide a lot of fun and soapboxes for wannabe net police and vigilantes. randy
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