[71993] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP list of phishing sites?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Mon Jun 28 14:47:07 2004
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:43:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: Patrick W Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net>
Cc: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>,
Scott Call <scall@devolution.com>, <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <31FCA509-C92D-11D8-8D61-000A9578BB58@ianai.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Patrick W Gilmore wrote:
> Unfortunately, I worry that this cure is worse than the disease.
> Filtering IP addresses are not the right way to attack these sites -
> the move too quickly and there is too much danger of collateral damage.
I think part of the point of this blacklist is similar to other
blacklists. It makes providers remove their head from their ass and
actually start cleaning up their networks.
When a provider hosts a phishing site for _weeks on end_ and does
_nothing_ despite being notified repeatedly, sometimes a blacklist is the
only cluebat strong enough to get through the provider's thick skull.
-Dan
