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Re: BCP38 dismissal
From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:18:21 +1200
Jo Rhett wrote:
On Sep 4, 2008, at 7:24 AM, James Jun wrote:Indeed... In today's internet, protecting your own box (cp-policer/control plane filtering) is far more important IMO than implementing BCP38 when much of attack traffic comes from legitimate IP sources anyway (see botnets).I'm sorry, but nonsense statements such as these burn the blood. Sure, yes, protecting yourself is so much more important than protecting anyone else. Anyone else want to stand up and join the "I am an asshole" club?
normally i would have just hit delete. but your ad hominem attack on the messenger need a response. the reality of life is that he is correct in that "attack traffic comes from legitimate IP sources anyway." therefore, your first duty should be to keep your hosts from joining the massive army of botnets. randy
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- Re: an effect of ignoring BCP38, (continued)
- Re: an effect of ignoring BCP38 bmanning (Sep 07)
- Re: an effect of ignoring BCP38 Randy Bush (Sep 08)
- Re: an effect of ignoring BCP38 Paul Vixie (Sep 08)
- Re: BCP38 dismissal Jo Rhett (Sep 04)
- Re: BCP38 dismissal Gadi Evron (Sep 04)
- Re: BCP38 dismissal Jo Rhett (Sep 04)
- Re: BCP38 dismissal Gadi Evron (Sep 04)
- Re: BCP38 dismissal Jo Rhett (Sep 11)
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- Re: BCP38 dismissal Randy Bush (Sep 07)
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- Re: BCP38 dismissal Jo Rhett (Sep 11)
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