[107498] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BCP38 dismissal
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (james)
Thu Sep 4 13:13:41 2008
From: "james" <james@jdfogg.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:14:39 -0500
Reply-To: james@jdfogg.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:24 AM, James Jun wrote:
> > Indeed... In today's internet, protecting your own box
> > (cp-policer/ control
> > plane filtering) is far more important IMO than
> > implementing BCP38 when much
> > of attack traffic comes from legitimate IP sources
> > anyway (see botnets).
>
>
> I'm sorry, but nonsense statements such as these burn the
> blood. Sure, yes, protecting yourself is so much more
> important than protecting anyone else.
>
> Anyone else want to stand up and join the "I am an
> asshole" club?
OK, I'm an asshole.
I'm sure BCP38 can prove to be useful, but I'll never drop
my shields.
I guess being an asshole is not so bad given that I have
plenty of company.
