[16227] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Wed Apr 15 16:05:54 1998
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 14:56:09 -0500
From: Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>
To: Pete Ashdown <pashdown@xmission.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199804151952.NAA12617@slack.xmission.com>; from Pete Ashdown on Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 01:52:43PM -0600
On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 01:52:43PM -0600, Pete Ashdown wrote:
> Karl Denninger said once upon a time:
>
> >We already do this - its not a perfect filter, but it will only let you
> >transmit packets with sources that COULD possibly come from us.
>
> The puzzling thing is why anyone would want to transmit packets over their
> for-cost links with an address that wasn't from their network. Proper
> filters have other benefits aside from the obvious attack issues.
To create havoc on other people's networks?
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