[e2e] end2end-interest Digest, s/Vol 53, Issue 10 / sacred cows, sacre bleu/

[Pekka Nikander]

Indeed, http://www.tml.tkk.fi/~pnr/publications/nordsec2001.pdf, as  
you refer.

Or, if you want to go to the other extreme, why do we need destination  
addresses?  Aren't them the source of all evil, including DDoS and SPAM?

--Pekka

On 10 Jul 2008, at 18:23, Jon Crowcroft wrote:

> speaking of sacred cows,
> why are their source addresses in IP Packets?
> http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~jac22/out/sna.pdf
>
> In missive <4876220D.5040302 at reed.com>, "David P. Reed" typed:
>
>>> Day and Keshav's exchanges remind me that we do have to worry about
>>> scared cows, since they might stampede, splashing into the Poisson  
>>> pond.
>>>
>>> SNAp!
>
> cheers
>
>   jon
>
>