On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote: > --On tirsdag, april 01, 2003 12:31:06 -0800 Randy Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> During this discussion I've seen references to the "69/8 debacle". > >> Can anybody explain what the debacle is/was? Is this a magic phrase > >> for real insiders? Is is something that happened only on a local > >> net? If not, why don't you explain to the rest of the world? What > >> IS the argument hinted to with mentioning the "69/8 debacle". > > > > idiot isps who configured route filters but did not bother to maintain > > them. darwin at work. the subject is uninteresting, as the study > > of stupidity is an exceedingly target-rich environment. > > for those of us who are endlessly fascinated by watching evolution in > action - what was the previous usage of 69/8 that led to those filters > being installed?
No such use. Some folks just consider blocking *all* unallocated address ranges a good idea to try reduce DoS attacks which forge addresses and the like. An incredibly bad idea if you don't maintain them properly, really.. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
