RE: netscan.org update

[John Fraizer <nanog () EnterZone Net>]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:

> > 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.

Roeland,

I believe that during the last run, netscan tested down to the /27
boundry.  While I agree that this isn't as complete as testing down to the
/30 boundry, even testing to the /24 boundry provides more information
than not testing at all.

Additionally, the website indicates that there will be another test down
to the /27 boundry.


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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc