5 Dec
2003
5 Dec
'03
4:51 p.m.
On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
A reasonable reaction to protect own-turf is to plug up holes as you identify the local end of it and wait to see if anybody cares about it after the fire-fight.
So block a /30, not a /24
The likelyhood of being able to contact anybody competent and sympathetic is not worth the time and effort the attempt takes.
So next time I get portscanned from someone from RR, I should just blackhole their IP space and wait till someone complains about not being able to get to www.apache.org or www.archive.org? Thats totally irresponsible. Unless you like playing whack-a-mole, you need a smarter hammer, not a bigger one.