Re: BGP-based blackholing/hijacking patented in Australia?

[Niels Bakker <niels=nanog () bakker net>]

* michel () arneill-py sacramento ca us (Michel Py) [Fri 13 Aug 2004, 16:04 CEST]:
> > william(at)elan.net wrote:
> > The only imlementation change to do this would be to provide
> > a link from the webpage where user might have been redirected
> > to the original website they wanted to access
>
> But the user never wanted to access the site in the first place; lots
> of these phishing scams either promise a free something or say that the
> account will be de-activated, none of which exist. The reason to visit
> a web site never existed in reality.

Do you propose blocking goatse/tubgirl as well?  The same reasoning can
apply to those sites.


        -- Niels.

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