a directed broadcast comes from outside of the subnet and is directed to the broadcast address of the subnet. this can be abused to do bad things with it. just imagine sending a packet with a spoofed source address to the broadcast address of a subnet. all the hosts that react on the packet will respond to the address that never sent the packet ... the flooded broadcast (never heard it as flooded) is probably the standard broadcast that is generated inside the subnet and goes to all hosts in the subnet. Greetings Reinhold On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, DZ wrote: > What is the difference between flooded broadcast and direct broadcast? > Anyone knows? Thanks in advance. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=466&t=466 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
