Re: de-peering for security sake

[Daniel Corbe <dcorbe () hammerfiber com>]

> On Dec 25, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
>
> To the thread, not necessarily Daniel, if blocking countries\continents is a bad thing (not saying I disagree), how 
> do you deal with the flood of trash? Just take it on the chin? 

If you as an end user want to be the cyber-equivalent of a xenophobe because OMG BAD INTERNETS then be my guest.  On 
the other hand, I’m a network operator so I don’t have the luxury of dictating to my users what they can and cannot 
reach.  

> The degree of splash damage by blocking this way will vary based upon what kind of network you are. Residential 
> eyeballs? You could probably block most of a lot of things and people wouldn't notice or care, as long as it wasn't 
> Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc. 

As a residential ISP with many first and second generation American immigrants in my service footprint I can assure you 
this notion is patently false.  People will definitely notice and care if they can’t communicate with their relatives 
and consume content in their home countries.  

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> Mike Hammett 
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> Midwest Internet Exchange 
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> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: "Daniel Corbe" <dcorbe () hammerfiber com> 
> To: "Nick Hilliard" <nick () foobar org> 
> Cc: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
> Sent: Friday, December 25, 2015 8:11:55 AM 
> Subject: Re: de-peering for security sake 
>
>
> > On Dec 25, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Nick Hilliard <nick () foobar org> wrote: 
> >
> > Daniel Corbe wrote: 
> > > Let’s just cut off the entirety of the third world instead of having 
> > > a tangible mitigation plan in place. 
> >
> > You mean, cut off Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Switzerland and Israel? 
> >
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World 
> >
> > What an enormously silly idea. 
> >
> > Seasons greetings to all, 
> >
> > Nick 
>
> It was a stupid idea even before you corrected me.