[74563] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Blackhole Routes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Dickinson)
Sun Oct 3 17:22:36 2004
X-Envelope-From: ian.dickinson@pipex.net
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 22:22:49 +0100
From: Ian Dickinson <ian.dickinson@pipex.net>
To: "Robert E.Seastrom" <rs@seastrom.com>
Cc: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <87pt3zyjd6.fsf@valhalla.seastrom.com>
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Robert E.Seastrom wrote:
>Ian Dickinson wrote:
>>Blackholing schemes need to be simple enough
>>to employ in a hurry at 4am whilst still achieving the desired effect.
>
> And Richard's suggestion is just that.
Fair enough, but I'm worried that global propagation wouldn't deliver
what many customers ask for in their hour of need - that's all. It
could potentially have some scaling issues too, but that's not reason to
shelve it without investigation either.
--
Ian Dickinson
Development Engineer
PIPEX
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