RE: Hypothetical design question

["Michael S Hines" <mshines () purdue edu>]

You mean implement IPv6/Ipsec across the board?
It adds MAC addresses in addition to IP addresses to the payload.  It would
certainly help cut down on IP Spoofing - so long as the OS Vendors don't let
you type in a MAC address too!

M.

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having a reliable (and automatable) way of contacting the owner of a PC at a

given IP would be a major step forward in combatting email born viruses.  As

then a MTA could at least tell the sender of the virus that they are
infected.  This is currently not happening due to viruses spoofing return
email addresses, meaning that the infected PC keeps sending the virus for
days and days before the owner notices.

Louis Solomon
www.steelbytes.com