On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:01:44 -0000, "Kelly J. Cooper" <kcooper@genuity.net> said:
So, seven years of hardening hosts against SYN attacks. Five years of trying to get people to turn off the forwarding of broadcast packets. Three years of botnets generating meg upon meg of crap-bandwidth.
Where are the suuuuuper-geniuses?
You know, most bars have bouncers at the door that check IDs. Sure, they're not perfect, but the bartender can usually be pretty sure the guy ordering a beer is over 21. The average bar isn't run by a soooper-genius. But it's still considered fashionable to let packets roam your network without an ID check at the door. soooper-genius solutions aren't going to help any when there's a lot of address space that's managed by Homer Simpson.... -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech