[133453] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Operational] Internet Police
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Holstein)
Thu Dec 9 14:03:47 2010
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:03:19 -0500
From: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
To: Michael Smith <tifoso.michael@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimrbfuv+sOy1dH0rCP0Txr+C9h59mRfZbJmdyso@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog. org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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> Obviously the environment is created by layers 8/9, but I'm interested in
> the layer 1-7 solutions that the community would consider/recommend.
>
>
BGP blackhole communities is a good way to push the problem upstream,
assuming your provider will agree to it. In theory, that could also work
on a larger scale, but it becomes a matter of trust (as has been
discussed many times before .. "just because *you* say it's bad, doesn't
make it so").
Cheers,
Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University
