Re: traffic filtering

In the referenced message, Stephen Griffin said:

Hello,

I'm curious about how many networks completely filter all traffic to any ip address ending in either ".0" or ".255".

Just to clarify, since a lot of the messages I'm receiving seem to indicate I was unclear. I'm not trying to determine how I should filter. I'm trying to determine how many other networks filter in such a manner that traffic to/from legitimate hosts is blocked. One solution, rather than completely filter particular ip addresses, is to simply rate-limit either/both icmp echo request/icmp echo response message types. This should allow these other networks the ability to mitigate smurfs, while still allowing traffic from legitimate ip addresses.