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Question on directed broadcast

SPYME.GOOGLE
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What is a directed broadcast and how exactly a router deals wth this type of packets. What will be the host bits for this type of packets.Thax

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paolo bevilacqua
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directed broadcast have host bits to all 1, net portion is the relevant prefix. They have no practical use but still are seen sometime. The router can inhibit forwarding of these because have been used as DOS attack in the past.

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