Retina scans caused broadcast storms

From: dale ball (dale_ball_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/23/04

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    Has anyone ever caused a full blown broadcast storm by using the Retina
    Security Scanner.

    Its looks as if I may caused a severe slow down on a network recently and think
    the scanner may have caused it. What I am trying to determine is whether
    existing problems in the switching enviroment may have been exaserbated by the
    use of the scanner.

    Anybody else ever experience these sorts of issues with Retina?

    dale

                    
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