Request for comment -- BCP38

Stephen Satchell list at satchell.net
Mon Sep 26 14:05:49 UTC 2016


Is this an accurate thumbnail summary of BCP38 (ignoring for the moment 
the issues of multi-home), or is there something I missed?

>     The basic philosophy of BCP38 boils down to two axioms:
>
>         Don't let the "bad stuff" into your router
>         Don't let the "bad stuff" leave your router
>
>     The original definition of "bad stuff" is limited to source-
>     address grooming both inbound and outbound.  I've expanded on the
>     original definition by including rule generation to control
>     broadcast address abuse.



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