Re: Filters for dialup ppp/slip/shell (fwd)

Stephen Fisher (lithium@cia-g.com)
Mon, 9 Dec 1996 15:19:29 -0700 (MST)

But those type of filters should be put on your internet link so all of
your network - dialup users and servers - are protected. You wouldn't
want to put them on slip/ppp links would you?

On Mon, 9 Dec 1996 patrick@value.net wrote:

> On Sun, 8 Dec 1996, MegaZone wrote:
>
> > Once upon a time Brian Kramer shaped the electrons to say...
> > >What kind of filters are recommended if any on a portmaster with dialup
> > >users using slip or ppp?
> >
> > There is no recommended filter. Filters are only used *if* a site feels
> > they need them, and then they are customized for each site's needs.
>
> I would disagree. *ALL* ISP's should include filters against source
> address spoofing, which makes it more difficult to perform denial of
> service attacks like the recent SYN attacks.