Re: Fwd: Re: Digital Island sponsors DoS attempt?

["Wojtek Zlobicki" <wojtekz () idirect com>]

Wow ... I see another long thread coming :(

ACLs are a reactive solution.  An ICMP probe or two may be unwanted but not
excessive.  441 times (depending on the size of ones network) could be
excessive.  Why should I have to waste processor cycles to keep these guys
out.

> At 08:37 PM 10/25/2001, Christopher J. Wolff wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, in this case I am not a customer of Digital Island in any
> > way, nor have I given them authorization to hammer my network 441 times
(and
> > counting) in the last two hours.
>
> They're of the opinion that they don't need your permission... if they
want
> to hammer your network, they will.
>
> 'course, a nice ACL at the borders reminds 'em who your network actually
> belongs to