[61409] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fun new policy at AOL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Thu Aug 28 14:24:26 2003
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
Date: 28 Aug 2003 18:13:21 +0000
In-Reply-To: <001601c36d8c$57a5d280$86c1add8@themoon.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> I think the inherent mantra and wise philosophy that gets tossed out the
> window by AOL in this policy change is "be strict in what you send, and
> liberal in what you accept".
that policy was wiser when everyone who could get an internet connection
saw the merits of it. in an assymetric warfare situation where the good
guys follow the above policy and the bad guys do not, it's a slaughter.
--
Paul Vixie
