12 May
2000
12 May
'00
8:01 a.m.
In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000512075212.812B-100000@ogre.atl.netrail.net>, Bran don Ross writes:
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Owen DeLong wrote:
Right answer, wrong reason. The originating host will be easy to identify because the MAC address of the originating machine of the ECHO-REQUEST packets will be contained in the packets.
I have to strongly disagree, MAC addresses don't make it across router boundaries, source IP addresses do.
Besides, MAC addresses are quite often changeable. --Steve Bellovin