On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
--On tirsdag, april 01, 2003 12:31:06 -0800 Randy Bush
<randy(_at_)psg(_dot_)com>
wrote:
During this discussion I've seen references to the "69/8 debacle".
Can anybody explain what the debacle is/was? Is this a magic phrase
for real insiders? Is is something that happened only on a local
net? If not, why don't you explain to the rest of the world? What
IS the argument hinted to with mentioning the "69/8 debacle".
idiot isps who configured route filters but did not bother to maintain
them. darwin at work. the subject is uninteresting, as the study
of stupidity is an exceedingly target-rich environment.
for those of us who are endlessly fascinated by watching evolution in
action - what was the previous usage of 69/8 that led to those filters
being installed?
No such use.
Some folks just consider blocking *all* unallocated address ranges a good
idea to try reduce DoS attacks which forge addresses and the like.
An incredibly bad idea if you don't maintain them properly, really..
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Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
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