[65725] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Need Contact at RoadRunner
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom (UnitedLayer))
Fri Dec 5 16:51:46 2003
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:51:02 -0800 (PST)
From: "Tom (UnitedLayer)" <tom@unitedlayer.com>
To: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <larrysheldon@cox.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3FD0FA0A.E347C727@cox.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
> A reasonable reaction to protect own-turf is to plug up holes as
> you identify the local end of it and wait to see if anybody cares
> about it after the fire-fight.
So block a /30, not a /24
> The likelyhood of being able to contact anybody competent and
> sympathetic is not worth the time and effort the attempt takes.
So next time I get portscanned from someone from RR, I should
just blackhole their IP space and wait till someone complains about not
being able to get to www.apache.org or www.archive.org?
Thats totally irresponsible.
Unless you like playing whack-a-mole, you need a smarter hammer, not a
bigger one.
