[15688] in North American Network Operators' Group
UDP broadcast filters.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jlixfeld@idirect.ca)
Mon Mar 16 13:24:00 1998
From: jlixfeld@idirect.ca
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:39:24 -0500 (EST)
To: Nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
I've kept hearing about a UDP smurf floating around and I'd like to put up
a firewall to prevent it. Can anyone give me any insight on how this is
done? I don't understand enough about UDP, broadcasts or enough about
access-lists to create an effective one. Can anyone give me some
pointers?
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Regards,
Jason A. Lixfeld jlixfeld@idirect.ca
System Administrator [L5] jlixfeld@torontointernetxchange.net
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