[78673] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sorbs.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul G)
Tue Mar 15 17:50:02 2005
From: "Paul G" <paul@rusko.us>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:44:41 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Kulawiec" <rsk@gsp.org>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: sorbs.net
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:21:35AM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> > o could this be used as a dos and then become extortion?
>
> Unlikely. Blocklists are used by choice, and blocklists which
> either aren't effective or don't have sane policies don't get
> chosen often. (See "BLARS", which even blars was recommending
> that you don't use the last time I checked.)
unfortunately, that *still* didn't stop people from using it, which
translated into an unresolvable headache for me as a sp. if you don't
consider a blacklist to be usable by the public, don't publish it. however,
publishing a draconian blacklist seems to get you a 'hardcore' label/clout
in certain circles and is thus irresistible for some.
-p
