[18577] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NANOG Channel Archives and Editorializing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dean Robb)
Fri Aug 7 16:20:51 1998
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1998 15:53:44 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Dean Robb <pceasy@norfolk.infi.net>
In-Reply-To: <199808070212.TAA09136@condor.mhsc.com>
At 19:12 8/6/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>do much for the issue one way or another. However, the question is begged:
>> "Should information on potential network abuse points be shared and public
>>or not?"
>
>Yes it should. All of the majors mail packages now have versions out that
>will correct the problem. Those that are still open for relaying are in
>that state becasue they don't want to upgrade. As long as they are in that
>condition they are a "nav hazard".
>
>There are software utilities that will scan the Internet for open-relay
>hosts, by IP address. Not putting them on a list will not hide them from
>these scanners. However, it will help the spam-fighter to know where these
>sites are, they can be black-holed.
This is basically my point and position. Problems cannot be fixed if they
are not first identified. If someone should get abused, and the abuser got
the relay from a list and not his own efforts, that *should* encourage the
relay owner to get off his/her/it's duff. No one is as security concious
as he who has just been robbed.
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