Re: New IPv4 Allocation to ARIN

[Petri Helenius <pete () he iki fi>]

jlewis () lewis org wrote:

> It's those dang Nachi-sized ICMP echo/echo-replies.  We block those at all 
> our transit points and dial-up ports.  Nachi was killing our cisco 
> access-servers until we did this to stop the spread.
>
> Unfortunately, this breaks Windows tracert as it uses 92-byte echo 
> requests.  Use a "real" traceroute, and you won't see this problem.
>
>  
I know what they are and how to get around them. I just look down on people
dropping my packets in their backbones without reason.

Pete