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Hi Fuzzy,
Well, as you can guess I am not that knowledgeable on these issues. I am
going to consult with my ISP and see what they have to say.
Have a nice weekend and thanks a lot for your time and patience.
Arturo
PD. BTW, What's a Smurf. I don't think you are refering to those little
blue cartoon characters, are you?
A las 03:29 PM 21/01/2000 -0600, Fuzzy Fox, escribis:
>Arturo - Lists <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >That is a broadcast IP; it goes to everyone that the routers will pass
>> >it to, which apparently includes you.
>>
>> Most of the entries in my log are to the IP broadcast, is this something
>> that could be misconfigured? should our router not let pass broadcasts?
>
>I'm not really a network administrator; I merely pretend to be one, on
>the lists. I have never configured a router (other than a Linux-based
>router, of course).
>
>However, it is my considered opinion that broadcasts should always be
>blocked, especially from the external Internet. There is no reason for
>a host outside of my network to be able to blast every host inside my
>network, at once. That is the stuff of Smurfs.
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