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RE: netscan.org update


From: "Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () MHSC com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 09:58:57 -0700


From: Troy Davis [mailto:troy () nack net]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 9:49 AM

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Roeland M.J. Meyer <rmeyer () MHSC com> wrote:

I know that all of you are aware of this. Granted, each subsequently
smaller subnet also limits the maximum number of hosts that 
will respond
to the smurf trigger. The point is that, the web-site ONLY 
tests 0 and

Actually, that's often not the case.  Through NAT and other modern
marvels, it's possible to have massively overpopulated netblocks that
all respond.  The largest amplifier we've found yet was 170,000x (on 
a class C).

Thank you Troy, However my point remains.



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