[28469] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ICQ & AOL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Bligh)
Mon May 1 05:33:57 2000
From: Alex Bligh <amb@gxn.net>
To: sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc: u_rundle@hotmail.com, iv@akcecc.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 27 Apr 2000 21:55:24 +0200."
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Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 10:31:07 +0100
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> > Block all APNIC and RIPE assigned networks at the border and all of the
> > sudden, hack attempts and CC fraud disappear.
>
> And if I block the ARIN assigned networks, most of the spam I receive
> disappears. It's very effective.
If you block all APNIC, RIPE *and* ARIN blocks, together with
some legacy stuff, most network abuse problems stop entirely.
I have found traffic sourced from 127.0.0.1 to be generally
clean though.
--
Alex Bligh
VP Core Network, Concentric Network Corporation
(formerly GX Networks, Xara Networks)
