Vincent Zweije schreef: > I'm not sure I'd want my ISP blocking packets with globally unroutable > source addresses. As long as they're targeted at me, I'll have them. > > In fact, I don't really want my ISP to do any filtering. I want them > to shove around packets for me. > > Well, when your provider is XS4ALL (which your signature suggests), they *are* filtering those packets both incoming and outgoing. I think it is responsible action by ISPs to do ingress filtering, because the advantages outweigh the disadvantages in most cases. > Anyone sending out such packets will probably have a very hard time > getting a reply. If there is a problem, it will sort out itself soon > enough. > I think you are over-estimating the fault finding abilities of the average Internet user. I have seen often enough that bad error conditions persist for a long time, even after the admin has been notified. Many admins won't put fault finding at a high priority as long as the network is not completely down.
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