[mat-wg] IPv6 extension headers support on RIPE Atlas

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:25 AM, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
> jen,
>
> what, if any, is the danger in doing this?

I see your point, Randy. I totally agree that allowing users to craft
an arbitrary
packet(header) might potentially trigger some bugs in
software/hardware of intermediate routers or a target system.

To ensure that RIPE Atlas is not used (intentionally or not) as a
distributed attack system we could consider:
- limiting # of probes simultaneously running such measurements to a low number.
- requiring explicit permission of the probe owner to run such UDM.

In that case I could not not see much difference between UDM and
individuals crafting packets on their own.


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SY, Jen Linkova aka Furry