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Re: RBL-type BGP service for known rogue networks?

  • From: John Kristoff
  • Date: Fri Jul 07 16:51:06 2000

Shawn McMahon wrote:
> > I was referring to the case where an organization is blackholed without
> > sufficient cause, which in effect is a denail of service on that
> > organization.

> Nonsense.  It's a boycott, not a denial of service.
> And it's just a boycott, it's not even picketting out front with signs.

Perhaps I wasn't clear...

The organization in question does nothing wrong... but somehow gets in
the blackhole list either by someone spoofing their netblocks, from
faked complaints or other means.  Thus, causing the said organization to
be denied connectivity by some malicious person(s).

John