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From: CSYSMAS@OAC.UCLA.EDU (Michael Stein)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Ye Old Discard Protocol (WKS == 9)
Message-ID: <8912020423.AA14572@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 1 Dec 89 19:53:00 GMT
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Organization: The Internet
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> We told the manufacturers that we strongly disagree with their
> practice, have suggested that they register a multicast address
> and use that, and have threatened to install filters for their
> stupid packets.

Multicast won't help on Token Ring, it maps to broadcast...

I think the ONLY solution is to not allow those packages on the
network...


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