Nexus products will give you some kind of IP or protocol filtering capability so you configure it to block certain ports or IP address. Hope this will help you.
Alex sB Tech Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Howard Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [smartBridges] sB Network Issue One of the problems I seem to be facing frequently these days is that a single customer can get a virus and generate tremendous amounts of traffic, which brings the whole network to a crawl. Normally bandwidth shaping at the NOC will limit the amount the customer can transmit, due to the Transmission Control Protocol part of TCP/IP. But if it is something like the Nachi.worm it is ping packets which do not have transmission control and can be spewed out at tremendous rates that no bandwidth shaper can control. So what's the solution to stop these slowdowns and outages caused by these viruses? A) Reduce the customer's functionality by insisting they use a router or firewall. B) Have bandwidth shaping at the CPE. Personally I prefer B.... but that seems to be expensive, usually. Smartbridges, it might be something you can include in your Nexus product? Thanks, Roger The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
