[37816] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Scanning (was Re: Stealth Blocking)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitch Halmu)
Thu May 24 16:52:44 2001
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 14:54:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>
To: Paul Vixie <vixie@mfnx.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On 24 May 2001, Paul Vixie wrote:
> jtk@titania.net ("Joseph T. Klein") writes:
>
> > What is the effect of scanning the whole operational address space
> > four times a week?
>
> If history is to be our guide, then the principle effect will be to
> inspire 400 imitators, and the secondary effect will be to inspire a
> lot of people to complain about it, block it, or both.
>
You forgot the last historical step: blackhole it ;)
--Mitch
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