On Wed, 9 Feb 2000, Paul Ferguson wrote:
eally, I think things like RPF and other *basic* filters should be a contractual requirement before allowing customers to connect to the network. Hell, im thinking Cisco and others should make it a *default*. ;)
Well, we _do_ have a unicast RPF knob, but changing defaults is tough, due to the Principle of Least Astonishment. ;-)
Even though the RPF knob is there, there's lots of gear running code that either doesn't have it or blows up when it's pulled. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *jlewis@lewis.org*| Spammers will be winnuked or System Administrator | nestea'd...whatever it takes Atlantic Net | to get the job done. _________http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key__________