[106892] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Is it time to abandon bogon prefix filters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.)
Fri Aug 15 11:53:38 2008
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:53:27 -0500
From: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
CC: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <864p5ms2ed.fsf@seastrom.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Robert E. Seastrom wrote:
> "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu> writes:
>
>> Security? Remember that availability is a security issue, too.
>
> It never ceases to amaze me how many "security people" walk around
> oblivious to this basic notion.
But of course! The most secure object is one nobody knows about and
can't get to anyway. That is the whole point!
