On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Sean Butler wrote:
> According to RFC 1812, section 5.3.7, a router should not forward packets
> with a source address in 127.x.y.z... However, several DOS style attacks
> seem
> to show this happening.
>
> Has Cisco in the past said they would not follow the RFC here, or is it a
> bug?
Are you sure it isn't one of those pieces of cra^H^HBa^H^HNortel Networks
routers that's forwarding those packets? ;)
I speak only for myself and my dog.
-- Tim
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