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Re: de-peering for security sake

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hammett)
Fri Dec 25 09:18:51 2015

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Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 08:18:36 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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To the thread, not necessarily Daniel, if blocking countries\continents is =
a bad thing (not saying I disagree), how do you deal with the flood of tras=
h? Just take it on the chin?=20

The degree of splash damage by blocking this way will vary based upon what =
kind of network you are. Residential eyeballs? You could probably block mos=
t of a lot of things and people wouldn't notice or care, as long as it wasn=
't Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc.=20




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----- Original Message -----

From: "Daniel Corbe" <dcorbe@hammerfiber.com>=20
To: "Nick Hilliard" <nick@foobar.org>=20
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org>=20
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2015 8:11:55 AM=20
Subject: Re: de-peering for security sake=20


> On Dec 25, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:=20
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> Daniel Corbe wrote:=20
>> Let=E2=80=99s just cut off the entirety of the third world instead of ha=
ving=20
>> a tangible mitigation plan in place.=20
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> You mean, cut off Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Switzerland and Israel?=20
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World=20
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> What an enormously silly idea.=20
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> Seasons greetings to all,=20
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> Nick=20
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It was a stupid idea even before you corrected me.=20



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