Re: RBL-type BGP service for known rogue networks?

["Scott McGrath" <s_mcgrath () bexair com>]

Anonymous call blocking is a WONDERFUL thing the call gets dropped at the
switch and the phone never rings.  It does not answer the legitimacy question
but I  figure if they do not wish to identify themselves I do not want to talk
to them!



J Bacher wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Greg A. Woods wrote:
>
> > In my humble opinion any admin who permits their mailer to receive any
> > e-mail from a known open relay (even so-called legitimate e-mail, since
>
> It's either legitimate or it isn't.
>
> > there's absolutely no way to identify legitimacy at the protocol level)
> > is an accessory to any theft-of-service attack perpetrated on the relay,
> > and is furthermore "guilty" in part of allowing known spam to reach
> > their end users (assuming of course that they are willing to do anything
>
> Next, you'll be asking telephone companies to be filtering phone
> solicitors.  How would you like that done, by NPA or NPA/NXX?
>
> The determination as to whether an ISP desires to exclude or include data
> into the network should be based upon its business plan and customer
> demands and not upon anyone's political agenda or name-calling.