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X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org From: Daniel Corbe <dcorbe@hammerfiber.com> In-Reply-To: <152665494.5477.1451053216146.JavaMail.mhammett@ThunderFuck> Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 11:25:30 -0500 To: Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org > On Dec 25, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote: >=20 > 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 trash? Just take it on the chin?=20 If you as an end user want to be the cyber-equivalent of a xenophobe = because OMG BAD INTERNETS then be my guest. On the other hand, I=E2=80=99= m a network operator so I don=E2=80=99t have the luxury of dictating to = my users what they can and cannot reach. =20 >=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 most of a lot of things and people wouldn't notice or care, as = long as it wasn't Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc.=20 As a residential ISP with many first and second generation American = immigrants in my service footprint I can assure you this notion is = patently false. People will definitely notice and care if they can=E2=80=99= t communicate with their relatives and consume content in their home = countries. =20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > -----=20 > Mike Hammett=20 > Intelligent Computing Solutions=20 > http://www.ics-il.com=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Midwest Internet Exchange=20 > http://www.midwest-ix.com=20 >=20 >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- >=20 > 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 >=20 >=20 >> On Dec 25, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:=20= >>=20 >> Daniel Corbe wrote:=20 >>> Let=E2=80=99s just cut off the entirety of the third world instead = of having=20 >>> a tangible mitigation plan in place.=20 >>=20 >> You mean, cut off Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Switzerland and Israel?=20= >>=20 >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World=20 >>=20 >> What an enormously silly idea.=20 >>=20 >> Seasons greetings to all,=20 >>=20 >> Nick=20 >>=20 >=20 > It was a stupid idea even before you corrected me.=20 >=20 >=20
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