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

[Dan Hollis <goemon () sasami anime net>]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> The biggest problem is that it's a lot easier to verify that a given site
> is a spamhaus.  Remember that source IP addresses (which is all that your
> border router sees) are forgeable - making for a nice DOS attack.  Forge
> packets from a competitor's site, get them labelled as a skriptz kiddie site,
> and BGP-blackholed.

There are ways of confirming, and they wouldnt be blackholed unless it was
confirmed. I know the issues with forged source IPs and the blackhole list
would take that into account.

-Dan