From my understanding the PC sends a packet with a source address that will be routed back to DirecPC so that it can come down the Satellite link.
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Steve Sobol Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 10:58 PM To: Sean Donelan Cc: ferguson@cisco.com; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Cisco says attacks are due to operational practices
On Thu, 10 February 2000, Paul Ferguson wrote:
Excuse me, but can you please tell me what "application" a downstream customer might be running which originates packets for traffic with source addresses which they are not advertising (or you are advertising for them)?
The usual example given is Hughes DirectPC, which sends packets with a source address of the satellite link via a dialup ISP connection.
Um.
I know the basics of the DirecPC service, and not much else about it. From what I understand, traffic from the customer's PC does not touch the satellite at all, it goes through the modem, so I assume you're talking about traffic to the PC here? Can you elaborate, please?
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