Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 22:13:22 -0500 (EST) From: Brian Tao <taob@io.org> To: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Restricting ping -s and -l Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960328221201.9279S-100000@zot.io.org> In-Reply-To: <9603260237.AA03198@coombs.anu.edu.au>
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On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Darren Reed wrote:
>
> Do you stop them sending arbitary 8000 byte UDP packets ?
Well, I've stopped them from using /sbin/ping as a way of sending
huge UDP datagrams. That will probably discourage 99% of the trouble-
makers out there.
> Or is it the reurns which hurt ?
Does the return ping also generate 8000 bytes? Sheesh...
--
Brian Tao (BT300, taob@io.org)
System and Network Administrator, Internex Online Inc.
"Though this be madness, yet there is method in't"
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