[7537] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: F means filtered ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher E. Stefan)
Mon Feb 17 02:17:24 1997
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 23:04:45 -0800 (PST)
From: "Christopher E. Stefan" <flatline@ironhorse.com>
To: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@unety.net>
cc: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <01BC1C30.6AB6BCE0@webster.unety.net>
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Jim Fleming wrote:
> Are you saying that you never "filter" packets from
> selected networks...?...thus, denying service to
> people trying to access the "public" Root Name
> Server that you operate...
> ...and also denying access to http://www.cix.org
>
> Does the F stand for "Filtered"...?
If someone was to attempt a denial of service attact against
F.root-servers.net I certainly hope Paul would filter the originating
network to protect nameservice for the other 99.5% of the Internet.
Christopher E. Stefan flatline@ironhorse.com
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