ICMPv6 PTBs and IPv6 frag filtering (particularly at BGP peers)

Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Fri Jan 13 23:49:12 UTC 2017


On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 09:58:21 +1100, Mark Andrews said:
> In message <af5a2b92-5b08-ed5f-ca7c-a94ff1de3d9c at si6networks.com>, Fernando Gont writes:
> > Disagree. Microsoft "reinvented" ping-o-death in IPv6, there have been
> > several one-packet crashes disclosed for Cisco's (an the list continues).
>
> And they would have issued fixes for them.  Machines get attacked
> from inside firewalls.  Only idiots do not apply security fixes.

Evidence suggests that our industry is highly overstocked with idiots.
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