Subnetting Practices

Roland Dobbins rdobbins at cisco.com
Sat Jul 14 19:48:10 CEST 2007


On Jul 14, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote:

> This seems kind of wasteful to me, so if anyone out there can  
> clarify why, I'd appreciate it.

Not only is it wasteful, but it's a security risk, as it essentially  
turns one's router into a sinkhole for any type of scanning activity  
or DDoS crafted to exploit this inexplicable practice, IMHO.

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