RE: Cisco says attacks are due to operational practices

["Shawn Morris" <smorris () verio net>]

> From my understanding the PC sends a packet with a source address that will
be routed back to DirecPC so that it can come down the Satellite link.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> Steve Sobol
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 10:58 PM
> To: Sean Donelan
> Cc: ferguson () cisco com; nanog () merit edu
> Subject: Re: Cisco says attacks are due to operational practices
>
>
>
> > On Thu, 10 February 2000, Paul Ferguson wrote:
> > > Excuse me, but can you please tell me what "application" a downstream
> > > customer might be running which originates packets for traffic with
> > > source addresses which they are not advertising (or you are
> advertising
> > > for them)?
> >
> > The usual example given is Hughes DirectPC, which sends packets with
> > a source address of the satellite link via a dialup ISP connection.
>
> Um.
>
> I know the basics of the DirecPC service, and not much else about it. From
> what I understand, traffic from the customer's PC does not touch
> the satellite at all, it goes through the modem, so I assume
> you're talking
> about traffic to the PC here? Can you elaborate, please?
>
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