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Re: [nsp] known networks for broadcast ping attacks
From: "Alex.Bligh" <amb () xara net>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 09:39:03 +0100
A cheap solution for routers who are not expected to forward LAN broadcast packets is to put a host route in the router to route packets to the broadcast address to null0. This reduces the per packet overhead of an access list and silently discards these bad packets.
Aren't packets sent to null0 process switched? Alex Bligh Xara Networks
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- Re: [nsp] known networks for broadcast ping attacks Edward Henigin (Jul 30)
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