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Comment by swingboy

4 hours ago

How is this enforceable?

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jdiff  4 hours ago

That's the joke of RFC 3514. Setting the evil bit of a packet to 0 means it is harmless and no defensive action should be taken. Secure systems should defend against packets with the evil bit set to 1. Insecure systems may choose to crash, be penetrated, etc.

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