In message <3E9487C8(_dot_)6040603(_at_)centive(_dot_)com>, John Stracke writes:
Valdis(_dot_)Kletnieks(_at_)vt(_dot_)edu wrote:
Correct. Those who didn't learn from AS7007 (yes, AS7007 screwed up - but how
many *other* AS believed it as gospel truth?) will shoot themselves in the fo
ot
eventually, with or without this function.
Well, yes; but just because it's possible to shoot yourself in the foot
doesn't mean you want to make it easy for other people to shoot you in
the foot--which would be the effect of enabling this blackhole feature
by default.
Agreed. The function itself is reasonable, but it should only be used
in private by consenting adult ISPs.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)