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Re: Extreme BlackDiamond

  • From: Tomas Lund
  • Date: Mon Oct 13 12:17:24 2003 
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003, Andy Walden wrote:

> Actually, as far as I know, all switches and routers use the CPU to
> process ICMP. It is a control protocol and the safest option is to
> ensure the vendor has implemented some sort of CPU rate-limiting so it
> can't be overwhelmed.

Redbacks SmartEdge 800 replies to atlest ICMP ECHO in the line card ASIC.

//tlund