On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, James Fields wrote:
> No detailed structure needed. Just a sequence of packets (any of the
> protocols will do, 103 will only work if PIM is enabled on the router)
---> if PIM is explicitly enabled on the router, none of the router's
interfaces will be subject to the DoS via IP/103 packets. the task
scheduling software will clear PIM packets from the input queues and
prevent them from creating the DoS.
it's in the Cisco advisory...
tbird
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