Mark Smith [off-list ref] writes:

+
+4. Security
+
+ECTP was designed in the early 1980s, when protocol security was less of
+a concern than it is now. Consequently, there are some features of the
+protocol which could be abused for nefarious purposes. By default, this
+implementation attempts to avoid participating in them. These features
+could be useful for some test cases thought, so they can be enabled if
+required.

I think security would need quite a bit more discussion. Opening new
DOS this way sounds quite worrying, especially since this is a
extremly obscure protocol that likely most admins don't know much
about.

Is this suspencible to ping to broadcast flood replication for example?

Safest would probably be default to off.

-Andi


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