In article <cistron.7CD4CD9D537C294D9ED9E5CE2F019106B6BC4D@MAILSERV.linc2icn.net>, Mike Bernico <mbernico@illinois.net> wrote:

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So, by accepting routes from CPE you create a huge security vulnerability for your customers, and other parties. This practice was understood as a very bad network engineering for decades.

Is there someplace I can find tidbits of information like this? I haven't been alive decades so I must have missed that memo. Other than this list I don't know where to find anyone with lots of experience working for a service provider.

You could have thought this up yourself. If you put something in production, /always/ ask yourself: if I was a hacker with bad intentions, how could I abuse this. And actually try to. I hacked my own network and machines a couple of times for fun, you learn a lot from it. Mike. -- Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job -- Douglas Adams.