Spitballing IoT Security

Mon Oct 24 22:21:48 UTC 2016

It's possible you might have wanted to read the link for the context that 
pointed this out as sarcastic hyperbole, though the text as-is could 
(unfortunately) have been read as serious.

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On Mon 2016-Oct-24 17:17:43 -0500, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote:

>There's a buffer overrun in some software, so let's just remove all passwords (and keys), since they can get in anyway.
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>Just pointing out flawed logic.
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>From: "J. Oquendo" <joquendo at e-fensive.net>
>To: "Steve Mikulasik" <Steve.Mikulasik at civeo.com>
>Cc: nanog at nanog.org
>Sent: Monday, October 24, 2016 3:53:25 PM
>Subject: Re: Spitballing IoT Security
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>On Mon, 24 Oct 2016, Steve Mikulasik wrote:
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>> if we automatically blackholed those IPs as they get updated it could put a big dent in the effectiveness of Zeus.
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>That would involve someone lifting a finger and implement
>a config change. Much easier to implement BCP38 or was it
>RFC 4732? Would never work the moment someone has to lift
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>I think I'll change my position on BCP38. It's pointless to try
>blocking spoofed source addresses because:
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>* It doesn't solve every single problem
>* It means more effort for service providers
>* It requires more CPU processing power
>* Using it will generate smarter "black hats".
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>https://www.nanog.org/mailinglist/mailarchives/old_archive/2004-10/msg00132.html
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