On 2013 Jun 26 (Wed) at 15:19:04 +0200 (+0200), Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: :On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 10:33:09AM -0400, [email protected] wrote: : :> (...) ISPs to stop forged packets as their network edge. There's no :> reason they should be dumping packets with return addresses outside :> their network onto the internet. : :It makes the life of people that have two Internet connections (but no :PI IP space / BGP feed) far easier, and allows better load balancing ::) Especially when the upload speed of the two Internet connections is :*very* different, but the download speed is in the same ballpark: get :the requests over the two connections, send the answer load-balanced :over the two. :
It also allows for spoofed packets to traverse the internet. BCP 38 is critically important to keeping the internet alive. -- Security check: INTRUDER ALERT! _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
