[72816] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 2511 line break
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petri Helenius)
Tue Jul 27 14:35:03 2004
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 21:34:34 +0300
From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <200407271745.i6RHjb7w000901@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>
>Yes, it *could* make connecting to shoot that port that's spewing ICMP at
>line rates a bit challenging, but you knew that when you chose the queueing
>algorithm, right?
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There is also an infinite supply of idiots and mediocre network
engineers. Breaking up stuff is easier than making it robust which is
the reason why only protocols that are really resistant to abuse prevail.
Pete
