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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Mikael Abrahamsson [<A HREF="mailto:swmike@swm.pp.se">mailto:swmike@swm.pp.se</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 4:16 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: 'nanog@merit.edu'</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: DDOS anecdotes</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Tim Devries wrote:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> FYI beware of service pack 2. It sets the DF bit so packets cannot</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> fragment. Particularily offensive if your server is on the other side of a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> tunnel (due to the overhead). The solution is to reduce the MTU on the box.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Or use a different OS :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>I thought this was standard behaviour of Microsoft OSes since at least</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>Win95. I know NT does this as standard, so does Win95 and 98. Win2k does</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>this standard out of the box (at least last time I checked).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I have tested it with sp1 and this behaviour does not occur.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I have not tested it without any serverice packs so you may be correct in that regard.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Tim Devries</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Technical Trainer</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Q9 Networks</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>100% Uptime</FONT>
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