TWC (AS11351) blocking all NTP?

Mon Feb 3 03:45:10 UTC 2014

On Feb 2, 2014 7:41 PM, "Larry Sheldon" <LarrySheldon at cox.net> wrote:
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> On 2/2/2014 9:17 PM, ryangard at gmail.com wrote:
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>> I'd hate to think that NetOps would be so heavy handed in blocking
>> all of UDP, as this would essentially halt quite a bit of audio/video
>> traffic. That being said, there's still quite the need for protocol
>> improvement when making use of UDP, but blocking UDP as a whole is
>> definitely not a resolution, and simply creating a wall that not only
>> keeps the abusive traffic out, but keeps legitimate traffic from
>> flowing freely as it should.
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> "We had to burn down the village to save it."
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>

Close. More like a hurricane is landing in NYC so we are forcing an
evacuation.

But. Your network, your call.

CB

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