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Re: "Default" Internet Service (was: Re: Points on your Internet driver's license)


From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:01:33 -0700


One could imagine changing the paradigm (never easy) so that
the normal Internet service was proxied for common applications
and NAT'ed for everything else...  This wouldn't eliminate all the
problems, but would dramatically cut down the incident rate.

If a site wants wide-open access, just give it to them.  If that turns
out to cause operational problems (due to open mail proxies, spam
origination, etc), then put 'em back behind the relays.

guilty until proven innocent, eh?  thanks mr ashcroft.

Randy, are you objecting to the model for initial connectivity,
or the throwing them back behind relays w/o a formal trial?

the former, see previous post about the e2e internet

if you can actually diagnose bad traffic, then you may
have a right to act

randy


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