Phillip Hofmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This article isn't anything I am going to loose sleep over. Any mission > critical long term TCP connections over an untrusted network (The > Internet) should already be using IPSec.
Core routers usually don't have the CPU power to run IPsec (yes, it sounds ridiculous, but it's mostly that way). However, I agree that this won't have much impact on the network as a whole. The emergency reconfiguration that took place during the past weeks (and which is being touted by the media as a prudent countermeasure) caused more large-scale destabilization than future attacks. 8-( -- Current mail filters: many dial-up/DSL/cable modem hosts, and the following domains: atlas.cz, bigpond.com, postino.it, tiscali.co.uk, tiscali.cz, tiscali.it, voila.fr.
