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Re: smurf's attack...
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 16:11:48 -0400
On Fri, Sep 05, 1997 at 12:55:00PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
access-list XXX deny ip any 0.0.0.255 255.255.255.0You must be kidding. Why not access-list XXX deny ip any 0.0.0.42 255.255.255.0
In your usual, inimitable, "everyone ought to understand my comment" style, Randy. Because ".255" is very often (I'm tempted to say "almost always" a broadcast address, and ".42" never is. (I haven't run the numbers, but I'm fairly certain that .42 is not the broadcast address of any size network.) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth jra () baylink com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "People propose, science studies, technology Tampa Bay, Florida conforms." -- Dr. Don Norman +1 813 790 7592
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