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-----Original Message----- From: Karl Denninger <[email protected]> To: Richard Thomas <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 6:54 PM Subject: Re: Government scrutiny is headed our way >Well, we do it one better - we black-hole the network. > >I just added another ~60 prefixes to the list after another persistent smurf >attack. I've given up trying to trace them myself (although we do report >it) because the big networks, where this originates, are unwilling to help >in a timely fashion. > >If people bitch about the connectivity loss, well tough shit. Better >to have a working network that can get to 99.5% of the Internet than a >completely trashed one with full visibility. Somehow I doubt there is a big demand for access to your network from these smurf relays. And if there is 1 person who happens to try, I doubt they will go running to their admins with "I know why we can't connect... Its 'cause we're a smurf relay". All the responsive clueful networks have protected themselves already, what we're dealing with now are the people who don't understand subtle messages like people blocking their connectivity. >I'm going to have to talk to our lawyers about whether or not we could *sue* >the amplifier networks. Most of them are truly large organizations (ie: >universities, big corporations, big national providers, etc) and could easily >pay such a judgement. I bet if you just got ONE big judgement there would be a lot more responsiveness out of some of the big guys... =)
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