NSPs filter?
bmanning at karoshi.com
bmanning at karoshi.com
Mon Aug 5 03:23:14 UTC 2002
but wait... you have refined the question. It was "which
NSPs filter", not "which NSPs filter customers"
Different question with a different answer.
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> IMO, Commercial ISPs should never filter customer packets unless=20
> specifically requested to do so by the customer, or in response to a=20
> security/abuse incident.=20
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> Consumer ISPs are much more likely to have clauses in the AUPs that are=20
> enforced premptively via packet filtering - antispoof filters (honestly,=20
> antispoof filtering is, IMHO, the one expection to my "commercial ISPs=20
> should not filter" rule), port blocks to prevent customers running=20
> servers, outbound SMTP blocks to off-provider systems to stop direct-to-MX=
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> spamming, ICMP rate limiting, et al. All of which are fine by me as long=20
> as they clearly assert their right to do so in their AUP - that is, as=20
> long as there's a comparable provider I can use instead.
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> -C
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> On Sun, Aug 04, 2002 at 02:37:12PM +0000, bmanning at karoshi.com wrote:
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> > > Good day,
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> > > What NSPs do filter packets, and can really deal with DoS and DDoS atta=
> cks?
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> > > -Abdullah Bin Hamad A.K.A Arabian
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> > The shorter shorter list would be the NSPs that do NOT filter
> > packets. I can't think of an NSP that does not filter.
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> > --bill
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