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syn attack and source routing
From: "Brett D. Watson" <bwatson () genuity net>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 23:36:52 -0700
i'm surprised there has been no discussion of turning off source routing on major backbones to help alleviate this problem. all of the focus seems to be on the edges of the networks when in fact the attackers are "running right up the middle". i'm not disagreeing that providers need to filter on the edges but the "big guys" are just as responsible as the "little guys". i know what a can of worms this is because source routing is quite useful in tracking down network and routing problems but it seems to me the danger it imposes today outweighs it's usefulness. -brett - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- syn attack and source routing Brett D. Watson (Sep 17)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Curtis Villamizar (Sep 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: syn attack and source routing Hank Nussbacher (Sep 18)
- BCP writers Michael Dillon (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Brett D. Watson (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing John Hawkinson (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Brett D. Watson (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Vadim Antonov (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Paul A Vixie (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Alexis Rosen (Sep 27)
- Re: syn attack and source routing John Hawkinson (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Paul A Vixie (Sep 18)
(Thread continues...)