Re: [Sheflug] Demon Internet blocking ICMP (was: (no subject))

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Lo! The Great Prophet "Mark Broadbent" uttered these words of wisdom:
>
> ...[snippage]...

> "...As a result we are now blocking traffic associated with the worm
> (ICMP 8 - Echo) at our borders to prevent this traffic disrupting
> our equipment and services. This blocking will be reviewed over the
> coming days and removed as soon as we believe we can do so without
> causing adverse impact on our customers and services.
> ..."
> 
> Obviously haven't re-enabled it yet...
> 

Hrm, fair enough I suppose, but then that presupposes that all of Demon's 
customers aren't affected :) I have had first hand experience of the hassle 
Welchia causes though as it brough one customer's network down completely, 
and almost drove a particular national public service WAN down to it's 
knees, resulting in us not being able to support any customers 'til each 
site had cleaned up their network.

Chris...

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