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On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Chris L. Morrow wrote: > > On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Randy Bush wrote: > > > I don't want to detract from the heat of this discussion, as > > > important as it is, but it (the discussion) illustrates a point > > > that RIPE has recognized -- and is actively perusing -- yet, ISPs > > > on this continent seem consistently to ignore: The consistent > > > implementation of BCP 38. > > > > oh? you have knowledge that this botnet attack used spoofed source > > addresses? > > what's curious, to me atleat, is that folks equate 'botnet' and 'spoofed > source attacks' more often than I'd think is reasonable. I've not got > 'hard numbers' but almost every time the attack is determined to be > 'botnet' it's not spoofed. > > Odd... (not that I'm against bcp38, I just think the distraction in > conversation from 'bcp38 is good' to 'we must stop bots' is not helpful) > SAT time. Almost all spoofed attacks are run by botnets. Almost all attacks are run by botnets Almost all spoofed attacked are bigger by a large factor Almost all botnet attacks are spoofed attacks? Not quite. That's about it.
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