Re: Nachi/Welchia Aftermath

[Donovan Hill <lists () lazyeyez net>]

On Tuesday 20 January 2004 04:16 pm, Rubens Kuhl Jr. wrote:
> Not all L3-switches are flow-based; prefix-based ones should do just fine.
> Can people add/correct this initial list ?
>
> Flow-based: Foundry with IronCore modules, Cisco Catalyst 6500 with Sup1(A)
> Prefix-based: Foundry with JetCore modules, Cisco Catalyst 6500/7600 with
> Sup2(A), Sup3(A/BXL)
>
>
> Rubens

Where do the Extreme and Juniper fit into this?

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <haesu () towardex com>
> To: "Brent Van Dussen" <vandusb () attens com>
> Cc: "NANOG" <nanog () merit edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Nachi/Welchia Aftermath
>
> > lesson learned:
> > stop using /makeshift/ layer3 switches (without naming vendor) to run
> > L3 core
> >
> > -J
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:22:52PM -0800, Brent Van Dussen wrote:
> > > Well folks, since the middle of August I've been tracking the spread
> > > and subsequent efforts by our community to stop the nachia/welchia
> > > infection that took down so many networks.
> > >
> > > Sadly, by my estimations, only about 20-30% of infected hosts were
> > > cleaned.  After Jan 1, 2004 it appears that the thousands, (millions?)
>
> of
>
> > > remaining infected hosts were rebooted and the worm removed
> > > itself.  Network traffic has finally returned to normal.
> > >
> > > What kind of effects did everyone see from this devastating worm and
>
> what
>
> > > lessons did we learn for preventing network downtime in the future?
> >
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Donovan Hill
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