:I will concede that shutting off connectivity to a site by a large enough :chunk of the net should get someone to fix stuff.... But part of the :advantage of the MAPS RBL BGP feed is that it helps to cut down spam :coming into your network. A BGP feed TODAY won't block a ping :amplification attack aimed at your network or a downstream. All it will :do is prevent your customers from using the ping amplification networks to :launch an attack. And, if you have the appropriate anti-spoofing filters :in place, they shouldn't be able to attack anything other than the valid :source addresses you have in your outbound filter set.
MAPS RBL BGP feed blocks all traffic back to a given network, after a spamming event. It doesn't do too much to stop an in progress event, since it doesn't respond that quickly with updates. (part [most?] of the delay is Vixie's investigation) Its effective because it puts a lot of pressure on networks that hosts spammers to make sure it doesn't happen again. Thus, it tends to reduce spam. Likewise, a Smurf BGP feed won't stop an in-progess attack, but it will put a lot of pressure on smurfable networks to make sure they aren't smurfable in the future. And thats a pretty good tool, even if its not 100% effective. --Dean ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Plain Aviation, Inc dean@av8.com LAN/WAN/UNIX/NT/TCPIP/DCE http://www.av8.com We Make IT Fly! (617)242-3091 x246 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++