nanog mailing list archives
Re: SMURF amplifier block list
From: Brandon Ross <bross () mindspring net>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:50:02 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
Are we really concerned about being smurfed by a /30, or even a /27?
You should be. If I didn't have directed broadcasts turned off on my network, it would be a very effective smurf amplifier. Because ARIN keeps us on a very short leash, we use the smallest subnet we can get away with for our POPs. Some such sites are very well connected. As far as .0 and .255 addresses go, I'm no more "asking for trouble" by using those than I'm asking for trouble by running an IRC server. They are completely valid addresses. Perhaps those making such comments are better at getting IP space than we are, but we need to squeeze every IP we possibly can into use just to provide enough addresses to our customers. Brandon Ross Network Engineering 404-815-0770 800-719-4664 Chief Network Engineer MindSpring Enterprises, Inc info () mindspring com Mosher's Law of Software Engineering: Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Current thread:
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS, (continued)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Karl Denninger (Apr 14)
- Message not available
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Jay R. Ashworth (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Mark Milhollan (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Michael Dillon (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Dax Kelson (Apr 15)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Karl Denninger (Apr 15)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Pete Ashdown (Apr 15)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Karl Denninger (Apr 15)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list - READ THIS Pete Ashdown (Apr 15)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Mark Milhollan (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Brandon Ross (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Andrew Smith (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Pete Ashdown (Apr 15)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Joe Shaw (Apr 15)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Brandon Ross (Apr 15)
- Message not available
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Jay R. Ashworth (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Charley Kline (Apr 14)
- Message not available
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Jay R. Ashworth (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list John Hawkinson (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Randy Bush (Apr 14)
- Re: SMURF amplifier block list Stephen Sprunk (Apr 14)