Re: traffic filtering

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () opaltelecom co uk>]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2002, Jay Ford wrote:

> On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Joe Abley wrote:
> > I guess the rule of thumb when numbering devices which need to
> > coexist with Windows is "avoid 255".
>
> How about "when doing networking avoid Windows" instead?  ;^)
>
> Being at a site which not only uses .0 & .255 addresses in our network but
> also has a "255" in two of our our base net numbers (128.255.0.0/16 &
> 129.255.0.0/16), I appeal to sanity & common sense in requesting that folks

you appeal to 'sanity & common sense'.. good luck in your crusade!

hehe

> not blindly filter on octets of 0 or 255 when they don't (& can't) know the
> corresponding net masking.
>
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services
> University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
> email: jay-ford () uiowa edu, phone: 319-335-5555, fax: 319-335-5505

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Stephen J. Wilcox
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