Re: [nsp] known networks for broadcast ping attacks

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>]

At 03:23 PM 07/30/97 -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:

> Network operators: _please_ make sure your boundary routers do not
> allow you to send packets upstream which have source addresses on them
> which are not on your networks.  Filters are your friend.  A source
> address of 127.anything is pretty uncool, too, as are broadcast
> addresses... although those can be harder to figure out nowadays.

This is documented in:

 draft-ferguson-ingress-filtering-02.txt

- paul