Re: IP Black list?

[EPerrin () METROLAND COM (Elliot Perrin)]

How about IP spoofing, TCP/IP hijacking?

Let's say you get someone who doesn't like a specific business,
hacks them, and initiates scans from their networks.

Legitimate business with a disgruntled former employee......
How can guarantee that only the "bad hosts" or the "bad networks"
will be blocked?

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Elliott Perin
eperrin () metroland com
> > I don't think it's a very wise idea to do this.
> > First think of al the dynamic ip's there are with ISP'S.
> Blocking them
> > will hurt "good" users also. And also how do you classify a
> bad host ?
> > A host that is just performing a port scan, DoSsing the
> server, .... ?
> > I have the same feeling against this as i have against the DUL-list
> > (http://maps.vix.com/dul/). It is gonna hurt users who are just
> > normally using the internet and not doing anything bad.
> >
> > cu,
> >
> > Patrick
> >
> > P.S I appologise for any bad English. English is not my native
> > language.
>
> Certainly there would be an uproar among the blocked
> customers of the ISP,
> but who would hear about it?..  The ISP.  In the end, the
> only way the ISP
> will survive will be to fix the problem.  This may involve
> implementing a
> stricter user policy, dealing with incidents reasonably, or
> fixing router
> misconfigurations.
>
> A push from the inside will help to settle things much
> faster.  Once that
> is done, take 'em off the list.  Everyone benefits from the
> end results.
> We are safer, the ISP has less incidents to hear about and
> deal with, and
> the ISP customers continue on their merry way.
>
> -Joe M.