Access to the Internic Blocked

Wed Aug 21 23:35:04 UTC 1996

> The only justification I hear when I question this is a) "this is some
> kind of proxy security mechanism for our clients" (really!) or b)
> "whats loose source routing anyway?"

I've actually heard a third one, which is "I don't want someone to use me
for transit without paying for it."  When I asked, "did you catch somebody
doing that?" they said "well, no, but it seems like a big hole anyway."

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