Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-20 Thread bmanning
untrue for a backbone. randy there appears to be a disconnect in the wording of the IAB document: it starts: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering The IAB notes that there ISPs/ASes undertaking permanent deployment of edge-based protocol number/port number

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-20 Thread Randy Bush
for a backbone. there appears to be a disconnect in the wording of the IAB document: it starts: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering The IAB notes that there ISPs/ASes undertaking permanent deployment of edge-based protocol number/port number packet filtering

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-20 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 05:00:58AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a message of 35 lines which said: then there is the idea of permanent deployment ... little is permanent in networking. the hard problem is when vendors put filters in silicon. :( I

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-20 Thread Owen DeLong
for it. very true for a host, even somewhat true for a site. very untrue for a backbone. randy there appears to be a disconnect in the wording of the IAB document: it starts: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering The IAB notes that there ISPs/ASes undertaking permanent

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-20 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz
somewhat true for a site. very untrue for a backbone. randy there appears to be a disconnect in the wording of the IAB document: it starts: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering The IAB notes that there ISPs/ASes undertaking permanent deployment of edge-based protocol

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-19 Thread bmanning
On 18 okt 2003, at 23.28, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and if they are useful to the folks on my network, the ports will be opened up. This is where we are disagreeing. Remember: - The Robustness Principle: Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-19 Thread Randy Bush
prudent/paranoid folk over the years have persuaded me that it makes the best sense to only run those applications/services that I need to and shut off everything else - until/unless there is a demonstrated need for it. very true for a host, even somewhat true for a site. very untrue for

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Jack Bates
Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote: While short term traffic filters are deployed, the appropriate recommended longer term action is to: Edge networks have a lot more to upgrade than backbone networks. Obtaining IOS code that works for all the different types of routers and meets the ISP's policy is

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Pekka Savola
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Jack Bates wrote: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote: While short term traffic filters are deployed, the appropriate recommended longer term action is to: Edge networks have a lot more to upgrade than backbone networks. [...] Agreed, but when an edge network fails to

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 07:39:37AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: why the heck does the IAB think they should tell me how to run my network? I think the IAB has a legitimate point. Network operators rely today on the fact that different services use different ports, so

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread bmanning
why the heck does the IAB think they should tell me how to run my network? --bill

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Randy Bush
why the heck does the IAB think they should tell me how to run my network? i don't think expressing concerns id telling you what you MUST do. but all in all i suspect the iab's motivations were because your network (btw, which one is that?) is part of the INTERnet, and we would like it all

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Eric Gauthier
I think the IAB has a legitimate point. Network operators rely today on the fact that different services use different ports, so they can block particular types of access/behavior by blocking ports. I think the IAB has a legitimate point and I agree with it 100%. Unfortunately, I also

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 12:26:21PM -0400, Eric Gauthier wrote: Again, I definitely agree with the IAB's recommendation. However, its difficult to defend this point of view in practice since most of the equipment does basic packet filtering in hardware or with minimal

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread bmanning
I think the IAB has a legitimate point. perhaps. but last I checked, it was the Internet Architecture Board not the Internet Operations Board. So form an architectural purity perspective, sure, don't filter (and by extention, pull out firewalls and NATS

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:14:42 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: There is a real danger that long-term continued blocking will lead to everything on one port fair amount of handwaving there. Question: Why was RFC3093 published? (Think(*) for a bit here...) About a month later, there

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread E.B. Dreger
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 11:14:42 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] perhaps. but last I checked, it was the Internet Architecture Board not the Internet Operations Board. So form an architectural purity perspective, sure, don't filter (and by extention, pull out

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread bmanning
There is a real danger that long-term continued blocking will lead to everything on one port fair amount of handwaving there. Question: Why was RFC3093 published? (Think(*) for a bit here...) About a month later, there was a *major* flame-fest on the IETF list due to this

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Eliot Lear
Valdis hits the nail on the head. And this boils down to something that I believe is attributable to someone commenting on the old FSP protocol, perhaps Erik Fair: The Internet routes around damage. Damage can take the form of a broken link, or it can take the form of an access-list. In

Re: IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-18 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 14:28:10 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: ... part of the INTERnet, and we would like it all to interoperate end to end. that must be the royal we... Nope. The collective we. If you aren't in the set of people who wants things to interoperate, why are you

IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering

2003-10-17 Thread Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino
IAB concerns against permanent deployment of edge-based filtering The IAB notes that there ISPs/ASes undertaking permanent deployment of edge-based protocol number/port number packet filtering on traffic received from eBGP peers. As a short term response to security incidents this is a prudent