Subject: Re: Reserved addresses in the SSM range

From: [email-masked] (Kevin C. Almeroth)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 05:17:28 -0700 (PDT)

Jeremey, which message are you responding to?  Your comments
seem to be directed at Colin but you included a different
message.

Part of the side discussion in Oslo was how to deal with
the security and spoofing aspects of a unicast-based RTCP.
Not easy, but quite possibly doable.

As for "features" where one packet can generate many responses,
at least at the application layer, that's actually a goal.  :-)
Hmmm, at the network layer?!?  Well, maybe.

-Kevin

>>From: [email-masked] (Jeremy Hall)
>>
>>I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that we will not wish to implement a
>>feature where one packet can generate many responses.  The Internet as a
>>whole is still trying to rid of the problems with DOS attacks and directed 
>>broadcast.