[10783] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NSPs and filters (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean M. Doran)
Mon Jul 14 12:42:44 1997
To: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
Cc: Michael <michael@dook.org>, ice 9 <ice9@paranoia.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: smd@clock.org (Sean M. Doran)
Date: 14 Jul 1997 11:59:46 -0400
In-Reply-To: Jon Lewis's message of "Sun, 13 Jul 1997 02:27:14 -0400 (EDT)"
Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net> writes:
> Unless I'm mistaken, forged UDP requires root access and (at the volume we
> received) was likely from a host with T1 or better
> connection to the net.
You just described nearly every PeeCee at nearly every
higher educational institution in North America and
northern Europe, and several parts of Asia, too.
Sean.