What are the implications of turning off "ip directed broadcasts" on our routers? Or is this something that all backbone providers or ISPs automatically do (kind of like "ip classless" and "ip subnet-zero")? Thx...David * David Papp | 4907-99 Street | Phone: +1.403.430.0811 * * Manager | Edmonton, Alberta | Fax: +1.403.436.9963 * * OA Internet Inc. | Canada, T6E 4Y1 | Email: david@oanet.com * On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Network Administrator wrote:
The following network numbers were pulled from a program called "smurf". The program sends a large amount of spoofed traffic at broadcast addresses, hoping their echo packets will be magnified and sent to the spoofed address. The providers/machines most commonly hit are IRC servers and providers. To prevent from being an intermediary, one must turn off "ip directed broadcasts" on the router's interface.
"198.3.101.255", "204.71.177.0", "192.41.177.255", "206.13.28.255", "144.228.20.255", "206.137.184.255", "198.32.186.255", "130.63.236.255", "208.202.14.255", "208.131.162.255", "199.171.6.255", "207.124.104.255", "205.180.58.255", "198.3.98.0", "131.104.96.255", "143.43.32.0", "131.215.48.0", "204.117.214.0", "143.43.32.255", "130.235.20.255", "206.79.254.255", "199.222.42.255", "204.71.242.255", "204.162.80.0", "128.194.103.255", "207.221.53.255", "207.126.113.255", "198.53.145.255", "209.25.21.255", "194.51.83.255", "207.51.48.255", "129.130.12.255", "192.231.221.255", "168.17.197.255", "198.242.55.255", "130.160.224.255", "128.83.40.255", "131.215.48.255", "169.130.10.255", "207.20.7.255", "163.179.1.0", "129.16.1.0", "128.122.27.255", "132.236.230.255", "198.32.146.255", "192.41.177.0", "192.41.177.255", "203.25.25.255", "128.82.4.255", "128.6.5.255", "206.80.169.255" "204.71.154.255" "204.127.236.255", "192.41.177.255", "129.200.193.255" "130.1.200.255", "130.1.91.255", "130.1.87.255" "207.155.93.255", "129.245.110.255", "207.155.121.255" "203.252.5.255", "128.6.5.255", "128.82.4.255" "129.245.75.255", "129.245.5.255", "206.7.114.255" "130.1.200.255", "129.245.17.255", "129.245.15.255"