RE: black hat .cn networks

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

> From: Jim Mercer [mailto:jim () reptiles org]
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 3:23 PM
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 03:11:25PM -0700, Dan Hollis wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> > > How quickly can CN be firewalled anyway?
> >
> > As quickly as you can write route-map filters
>
> i don't know that it will be that easy.

That's kind of my point ...

> surely, not all of china connects through a single AS.

My understanding is that CN has been looking for ways and means to firewall
itself for years. It's not entirely fond of the wild and woolly Internet.

> as well, i suspect that the same hackers would be able to 
> manage a dial-up into some extra-china ISP.

This is exactly why CN has been unsuccessful in their quest.