On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 17:45:28 -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
Apply this thought experiment: Pick a *large* provider. AOL, Sprint, British Telecom, Yahoo - anything that a lot of people use. Now assume that the blackhole list is in common use (since it's not effective if it isn't). What's the impact on the net if said large provider *does* get black-listed?
If I was clever and pissed at AOL, I'd certainly look for a way to create enough evidence that AOL needed black-listing. What a nice DOS that would be ;)
In theory, the provider will get a nice e-mail before they're blocked... if someone's trying to pull a fast one, the ISP will be able to look at that and determine whether or not it's legitimate. Now, if the provider doesn't respond, they might get a little blacklisted... but is that necessarily bad, given the previous check? -rt -- Ryan Tucker <rtucker@netacc.net> Network Administrator NetAccess, Inc. Phone: +1 716 756-5596 3495 Winton Place, Building E, Suite 265, Rochester NY 14623 www.netacc.net