6 Jul
2000
6 Jul
'00
4:39 p.m.
On Thu, 6 Jul 2000 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
The biggest problem is that it's a lot easier to verify that a given site is a spamhaus. Remember that source IP addresses (which is all that your border router sees) are forgeable - making for a nice DOS attack. Forge packets from a competitor's site, get them labelled as a skriptz kiddie site, and BGP-blackholed.
There are ways of confirming, and they wouldnt be blackholed unless it was confirmed. I know the issues with forged source IPs and the blackhole list would take that into account. -Dan