Open Resolver Problems

Wed Mar 27 22:51:53 UTC 2013

Jack Bates <jbates at brightok.net> wrote:
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> If BCP38 was properly deployed, what would be the purpose of RRL outside of
> misbehaving clients or direct attacks against that one server?

If fictional scenario, irrelevant answer. Given the current situation,
efforts to deploy both RRL and BCP38 in parallel will reduce the mess we
are in. Let's race to see who gets to full deployment first.

> The infrastructure to switch it to TCP is prohibitive and completely
> destroys the anycast mechanisms.

Yeah, anycast for HTTP doesn't work at all. Just ask CloudFlare.

Tony.
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