Re: de-peering for security sake

[Dan Hollis <goemon () sasami anime net>]

On Sun, 17 Jan 2016, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 1/17/2016 12:44 PM, bzs () theworld com wrote:
> > We need an effective forum with effective participation perhaps
> > eventually leading to signed contractual obligations agreed to by all
> > parties.
> Not gonna help. The same people who have no incentive to do the right thing 
> now will still have no incentive to join the group you propose.
>
> I've said it before, and it's an unpopular option, but the only way that this 
> will change is to make it more expensive to do the wrong thing than it is to 
> do the right thing.

I think it can happen without lawsuits. look at RBLs and spamhaus. a bit 
sad that spamhaus has to exist in order to motivate operators to clean up 
their cesspools, but it does work to a certain extent.

-Dan