[nsp] known networks for broadcast ping attacks

Wed Aug 13 10:45:26 UTC 1997

Ran Atkinson <rja at corp.home.net> said:
> Folks who want vendors to change the default changed so that
> routers don't - by default - forward directed broadcast should
> contact their vendors.  If lots of ISPs speak up,
> the vendors generally _will_ listen and make changes/fixes.

How do you know it's a directed broadcast if it's not for a connected
subnet?  Yes, you can make some guesses, but I am not convinced that
that's a good idea.

--apb (Alan Barrett)