[43743] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wojtek Zlobicki)
Thu Oct 25 21:02:56 2001
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From: "Wojtek Zlobicki" <wojtekz@idirect.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 20:58:16 -0400
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Wow ... I see another long thread coming :(
ACLs are a reactive solution. An ICMP probe or two may be unwanted but not
excessive. 441 times (depending on the size of ones network) could be
excessive. Why should I have to waste processor cycles to keep these guys
out.
>
> At 08:37 PM 10/25/2001, Christopher J. Wolff wrote:
>
> >Unfortunately, in this case I am not a customer of Digital Island in any
> >way, nor have I given them authorization to hammer my network 441 times
(and
> >counting) in the last two hours.
>
> They're of the opinion that they don't need your permission... if they
want
> to hammer your network, they will.
>
> 'course, a nice ACL at the borders reminds 'em who your network actually
> belongs to
>
