19 Sep
1996
19 Sep
'96
1:09 a.m.
In message <199609182107.OAA00889@quest.quake.net>, Vadim Antonov writes:
John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com> wrote:
i should have been more specific. i don't like the idea (at all) of breaking traceroute -g either. i guess in a more general sense i should ask "just how dangerous *is* having backbone-wide/internet-wide loose source routing enabled?".
As Curtis explained, "not very".
Want to wait until SYN attacks are augmented with LSRR-enabled traffic randomization to the point of making it nearly impossible to trace?
At the borders hosts that don't want to be attacked just shut off LSRR at the border router or at the host itself. Problem solved. And we still have traceroute "as is". Curtis