[52983] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DNS issues various
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Browning)
Thu Oct 24 18:54:33 2002
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:50:57 -0700
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
From: Ben Browning <benb@theriver.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <15800.27072.17552.388632@world.std.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 02:44 PM 10/24/2002, Barry Shein wrote:
>That sounds to me more like considering the use of sonic repellants
>rather than rat poison to keep the vermin out of the relays and
>providing latex gloves for removing the dead rats, rather than
>designing out the relays the rodents get into entirely.
Given time, rats can chew through concrete. They are smart enough to trip
traps before eating the cheese, or to lick the cheese off triggers rather
than pulling or chewing, so as not to cross the alarm threshold. They breed
faster than you can keep up with them, which not only ensures a generous
supply of them but also ensures that they adapt to new environments
quickly. They have been known to become resistant to poisons that killed
rats a few years before.
In short, your rats versus script kiddies analogy is perfect, but I think
you are forgetting that we still have rats everywhere.
~Ben
(who speaks for himself alone here)
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Ben Browning <benb@theriver.com>
The River Internet Access Co.
Network Operations
1-877-88-RIVER http://www.theriver.com
