[j-nsp] Re: Running a code on router

[Michael Shields]

On 12 Jan 2006, at 20:11, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:

> I heard that there would be a mechanism to turn this off. I agree  
> with the
> concept, it is a good way to prevent people from hacking routers and
> installing DDoS nets, keep ex-employees from installing backdoors  
> before
> they leave, etc. For your average user this should be a good  
> feature, so
> long as power users have the ability to turn it off. :)

I'm not sure I see much value to having this feature if there is a  
knob to disable it.  What attacks would the signature checking  
prevent, if there is a trivial way around it?
-- 
Michael Shields
Sr. Systems Programmer
AOL Network Security