Lazy network operators

JC Dill nanog at vo.cnchost.com
Wed Apr 14 15:45:40 UTC 2004


At 12:33 AM 4/14/2004, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>I understand your frustration, but the approach of blocking port 25 isn't 
>the right one. It may be convenient for you, but ...

Dood, this *exact* argument was made ~10 years ago against closing open 
relays.  So, do you think that everyone should just open their servers to 
relaying for anyone, since closing all the open relays has proven to be 
inconvenient for some, and not a 100% effective solution?

jc


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