[arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

Fri Oct 31 03:28:07 UTC 2003

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 12:12:22 EST, Alex Yuriev said:
> 
> > > Leave content filtering to the ES, and *force* ES to filter the content.
> > Its not content filtering, I'm not filtering only certain html traffic 
> > (like access to porn sites), I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to 
> > my network and if I know what traffic is causing problems for me, I'll 
> > filter it first chance I get.
> 
> It is content filtering. You are filtering packets that you think are
> causing problems to the ES that you may not control.

No, he said quite clearly he's filtering packets (such as Nachi ICMP) that are
causing harm to *his* network.  He gets to make a choice - filter the known
problem packets so the rest of the traffic can get through, or watch the
network melt down and nobody gets anything.

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