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RE: TCP/BGP vulnerability - easier than you think
From: "Michel Py" <michel () arneill-py sacramento ca us>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:32:07 -0700
Aditya wrote I sure hope there are no asymmetric paths on the Internet that will bite you when you turn on strict RPF on your peering interfaces </sarcasm> Seriously, if you do turn RPF on on peering interfaces, please let your peers know (plea from circa 1999)
Ah, I was waiting for someone to say something like this and make my point, thank you. In the topic I was arguing earlier (about prefix filtering peers, underlining the fact that imperfect filtering would not cause traffic loss) it does indeed create asymmetry and prohibits the use of RPF. Michel.
Current thread:
- RE: TCP/BGP vulnerability - easier than you think Michel Py (Apr 21)
- Re: TCP/BGP vulnerability - easier than you think Adam Rothschild (Apr 21)
- Re: TCP/BGP vulnerability - easier than you think Aditya (Apr 21)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: TCP/BGP vulnerability - easier than you think Michel Py (Apr 21)
- asymmetric/peer RPF [RE: TCP/BGP vulnerability - easier than you think] Pekka Savola (Apr 21)