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List:       nanog
Subject:    Re: [nsp] known networks for broadcast ping attacks
From:       "Alex.Bligh" <amb () xara ! net>
Date:       1997-07-31 8:39:03
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> A cheap solution for routers who are not expected to forward LAN broadcast
> packets is to put a host route in the router to route packets to the
> broadcast address to null0.  This reduces the per packet overhead of an
> access list and silently discards these bad packets.

Aren't packets sent to null0 process switched?

Alex Bligh
Xara Networks

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