[70540] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Barracuda Networks Spam Firewall
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher X. Candreva)
Tue May 18 16:57:07 2004
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 16:56:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Christopher X. Candreva" <chris@westnet.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.60.0405181645390.1840@westnet.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>> You're missing the main point - that sometimes things are done in ways
>> that are sub-optimal or even pessimal from the technical standpoint,
>> because some other consideration interferes. Yes, it *would* be nice if
>> everybody in the world
But if you really need a reason to convince someone who won't get their head
out of their . . . the sand -- You can probably cut in half the number of
viruses you have to scan if you reject invalid addresses up front, meaning
you can buy a smaller/ fewer virus scanner(s).
Which means the companies making them have absolutely no incentive to add
this feature.
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