Re: udp packet storms
Darren Reed (avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au)
Sun, 30 Oct 1994 14:19:45 +1100 (EDT)
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> This is yet another reason why you should disable echo, discard,
> chargen, and any other inetd tcp/udp debugging service. It's
> surprising how many people leave those in inetd.conf.
Sorry, I missed out on the reason why we should disable discard.
Would you mind explaining it ? I thought it was like it's name sake -
a sink hole (blackhole if you like) for packets. Sort of like /dev/null.
the others I can understand given broken performance with broadcast
addresses...