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Re: Another SAP Storm?


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  • To: Leonard Giuliano <>
  • Cc: Dave Diller <>, Pekka Savola <>, wg-multicast List <>
  • Subject: Re: Another SAP Storm?
  • Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:51:52 +0100

Hi,

> Listening to SAP messages was once a nice, quick and easy way to see if
> mcast was working. The benefit may not be worth the risk anymore. May
> want to think about simply turning off SAP listening on the routers
> (delete protocols sap / no sdr listen).

I think the other issue is that people may be knowingly doing this
with the knowledge that this group is generally not blocked
by any ACLs - so if i've got the ability, i can stream my HiDef
movie across the internet to my friends. abuse of the group.
such actions arent uncommon historically on the internet with such
open policies.

alan



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