[29828] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: RBL-type BGP service for known rogue networks?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rdobbins@netmore.net)
Fri Jul 7 17:01:35 2000
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From: rdobbins@netmore.net
To: jtk@aharp.is-net.depaul.edu, nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 13:56:25 -0700
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Isn't that why some sort of intrusion/exploit-detection system integrated
with ACLs would perhaps be a better remedy?
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From: John Kristoff [mailto:jtk@depaul.edu]
Sent: Friday, July 07, 2000 1:48 PM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: RBL-type BGP service for known rogue networks?
Shawn McMahon wrote:
> > I was referring to the case where an organization is blackholed without
> > sufficient cause, which in effect is a denail of service on that
> > organization.
> Nonsense. It's a boycott, not a denial of service.
> And it's just a boycott, it's not even picketting out front with signs.
Perhaps I wasn't clear...
The organization in question does nothing wrong... but somehow gets in
the blackhole list either by someone spoofing their netblocks, from
faked complaints or other means. Thus, causing the said organization to
be denied connectivity by some malicious person(s).
John
