"sd" == Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> writes:
sd> On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
sd> ASN.1 is pretty cool, but I've been wondering are there that sd> many ISPs which allow external SNMP access to their equipment? sd> SNMP is a UDP management protocol, and even under the best of sd> conditions, accepting packets from out of the blue isn't a good sd> idea. Spoofed packets? It's not feasible to filter antispoof at OC-12 or OC-48 line rate on all customer facing interfaces. ericb -- Eric Brandwine | To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as UUNetwork Security | erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a ericb@uu.net | virgin. +1 703 886 6038 | - Cardinal Bellarmine (during the Key fingerprint = 3A39 2C2F D5A0 FC7C 5F60 4118 A84A BD5D 59D7 4E3E