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

[Steve Sobol <sjsobol () NorthShoreTechnologies net>]

Karyn Ulriksen wrote:
 
> The only downsides I saw in it is that our network was not notified prior to
> the blackholing (although many avenues where publicly available) and I think
> that subnet is STILL (despite many, many requests and 4 years later) listed
> on black lists even though its neither being black holed or utilized by
> spammers.  However, I wouldn't be surprised if some overzealous netadmin
> came across one of those lists and threw it in for good measure.  Not my
> problem anymore, but UUNet's next customer who gets that block may be in for
> a surprise...

The organized blackhole lists used by many people are one thing. Blocks
put up by individuals are something completely different. You may never
see all of those blocks removed.

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