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Re: syn attack and source routing
From: "Brett D. Watson" <bwatson () genuity net>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 10:46:22 -0700
read my message again, john. i said i don't like the prospect of removing lsrr. i use it. i hate running across backbones that have it disabled. i wasn't campaigning to remove it. i was asking how dangerous it could be because i honestly didn't know. i didn't mean to alarm anyone or imply that i would be turning off lsrr. :) -brett
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk () bbnplanet com> Subject: Re: syn attack and source routing Return-Path: <jhawk () bbnplanet com> In-Reply-To: <199609181640.JAA01450 () batcave genuity net> from "Brett D. Watson" *** at Sep 18, 96 09:40:02 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7biti should have been more specific. i don't like the idea (at all) of breaking traceroute -g either. i guess in a more general sense i should ask "just how dangerous *is* having backbone-wide/internet-wide loose source routing enabled?".As Curtis explained, "not very". Worst case, those folks feeling victimized can (and do!) simply shut it off. This is a very different case from that of SYN flooding, where the victims are powerless to stop it. Please don't take our LSRR away from us, it is very useful. Campaigning to remove something just because you suspect it might be bad is really not nice -- it will result in random clueless people believeing you when perchance they should not :-) --jhawk
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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 Alec H. Peterson (Sep 19)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Curtis Villamizar (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Paul A Vixie (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Vadim Antonov (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Vadim Antonov (Sep 18)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Paul Ferguson (Sep 21)
- Re: syn attack and source routing Jeff Young (Sep 21)
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