Every time I see a post like the one below on this list, I can't help but feel like big brother has infiltrated the list.
There's no mess like the ones government will create for you. Lorell -----Original Message----- From: David Conrad [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:06 PM To: Danny McPherson Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: Are we really this helpless? (Re: isprime DOS in progress) On Jan 23, 2009, at 8:53 PM, Danny McPherson wrote: > You missed one.. Step 4: enable BCP 38 or similar > ingress source address spoofing mitigation mechanism > on all customer ingress interfaces > ... > No more excuses, people.. Sad fact is that there are zillions of excuses. Unfortunately I suspect the only way we're going to make any progress on this will be for laws to be passed (or lawsuits to be filed) that impose a financial penalty on ISPs through which these attacks propagate. Regards, -drc No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1911 - Release Date: 1/23/2009 7:28 AM
