Re: Cloudflare, dirty networks and politricks

[Donn Lasher via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

On 7/28/16, 10:17 AM, "NANOG on behalf of J. Oquendo" <nanog-bounces () nanog org on behalf of joquendo () e-fensive 
net> wrote:


> While many are chanting: #NetworkLivesMatter, I have yet
> to see, read, or hear about any network provider being
> the first to set precedence by either de-peering, or
> blocking traffic from Cloudflare. There is a lot of
> keyboard posturing: "I am mad and I am not going to take
> it anymore" hooplah but no one is lifting a finger to
> do anything other than regurgitate "I am mad... This is
> criminal."

(long discussion, was waiting for a place to jump in..)

If we want to be accurate about it, Cloudflare doesn’t host the DDoS, they protect the website of seller of the 
product. We shouldn’t be de-peering Cloud Flare over sites they protect any more than we would de-peer GoDaddy over 
sites they host, some of which, no doubt, sell gray/black market/illegal items/services.

If, on the other hand,  you can find a specific network actually generating the volumes of DDoS, you should have a 
conversation about de-peering….

$0.02…