[69111] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Redirecting mail (Re: Throttling mail)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adi Linden)
Thu Mar 25 15:44:12 2004
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 14:43:33 -0600 (CST)
From: Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <200403252004.i2PK4KNF004030@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Forcing it through a server doesn't automagically add the ability to throttle
> abusive behavior. It's merely the obvious sledgehammer fix.
It's a means to deal with smtp traffic.
> Now consider a router that's instrumented to collect flow data, feeding a
> real-time system that throttles the port if something abusive happens. You get
> the same benefits of not having to read and act on abuse reports, plus you
> don't break non-abusive uses of the network.
Where is something like this documented and explained?
Adi
