Re: Access to the Internic Blocked

[Geoff Huston <gih () aarnet edu au>]

Vadim writes,

> On itself, LSRR is a godsend to hackers (i can think of about
> a dozen of very nasty attacks using general LSRR).  The only
> useful application for it is traceroute.
>
> Why don't router vendors provide an option to turn it
> off for everything but ICMP ECHO?

Personally I find this an excellent suggestion.

g

 
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