Re: Spamhaus BGP feed experiences?

["John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>]

In article <555B8313.5080400 () netassist ua> you write:
> How much false positives (i.e. blackholing traffic users want to reach)?

Very little.  The DROP list, which is what's in the BGP feed, is a
small subset of the SBL, and only includes blocks that send no
legitimate traffic at all.


> On 18.05.15 21:04, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> > On May 17, Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> > > Any ISPs out there (big or small) ever used the Spamhaus BGP feed to
> > > prevent against botnet, spam, etc? If so, how has your experience been? Is
> > > it worthwhile? Has it helped? On / off list responses are appreciated in
> > > advance.
> > We use Spamhaus DROP (not the BGP version: our software asks a human to 
> > review each change).
> > The benefits are not obvious since we do not have access customers, but 
> > it will blackhole some networks you obviously do not want to talk to,
> > and it has not caused any troubles either.