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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: [c-nsp] [Re: huge amount of weird traffic on poin-to-point ethernetlink]
> how about PORN-SOURCE, COMMUNIST-SOURCE, DEMOCRACY-SOURCE, > TERRORIST-SOURCE, RIGHT-WING-CHRISTIAN-SOURCE, COURT-ISSUED-LIBEL-CASE-SOURCE > > be careful before you open such a pandoras box... The box was opened a long time ago. In an Internet context, there are many email blacklists which apply various different criteria for inclusion, therefore, they are essentially publishing different attributes. In a social context, freedom of religion is a long-accepted principle and various religions publish lists of literature that is either acceptable or unacceptable. If a network operator finds a business case for supplying service only to right wing organizations and blocking network traffic from communist sources then what is wrong with that? The principle of the Internet is that network operators run private networks and set their own policies independent of regulators and governments. > will this scale? The fact that the database has multiple attributes to assign to address ranges makes it more likely to scale. > who will want to use it? People who find some value in dynamically filtering Internet traffic based on a trusted source for filters. > can it be exploited? Virtually anything can be exploited. Smart network operators do not hardwire their routers to a 3rd-party BGP feed. Instead they pull that feed into their operational support systems where it can raise alarms so that a human being can decide whether to stop or start filtering a particular range. Or else they make some kind of 2-party binding contract with SLAs and penalties such as a transit contract or a peering agreement. > what sort of liability do you take on by becoming responsible for > policing the Internet? Who said anything about policing the Internet? This is all about identifying address ranges who source various kinds of traffic that some network operators do not wish to transit their networks. Every network operator has an AUP for their own customers and peers. This merely extends that to 3rd parties who wish to transit the network. --Michael Dillon
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