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Re: DoS/DDoS Attack

From: Steve Friedl <steve () unixwiz net>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:01:41 -0800

On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 01:26:55PM -0500, seditiosus wrote:

Correct me if I am wrong, but, I understand that the MAC address is
left unchanged and can be used to identify the source.


Sorry, you're wrong :-)

The MAC address is at a layer *below* IP and doesn't generally
travel past the local segment.

Steve

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