> On Dec 25, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > To the thread, not necessarily Daniel, if blocking countries\continents is a > bad thing (not saying I disagree), how do you deal with the flood of trash? > Just take it on the chin?
If you as an end user want to be the cyber-equivalent of a xenophobe because OMG BAD INTERNETS then be my guest. On the other hand, I’m a network operator so I don’t have the luxury of dictating to my users what they can and cannot reach. > > The degree of splash damage by blocking this way will vary based upon what > kind of network you are. Residential eyeballs? You could probably block most > of a lot of things and people wouldn't notice or care, as long as it wasn't > Google, Facebook, Netflix, etc. As a residential ISP with many first and second generation American immigrants in my service footprint I can assure you this notion is patently false. People will definitely notice and care if they can’t communicate with their relatives and consume content in their home countries. > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > > > Midwest Internet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Daniel Corbe" <dco...@hammerfiber.com> > To: "Nick Hilliard" <n...@foobar.org> > Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Friday, December 25, 2015 8:11:55 AM > Subject: Re: de-peering for security sake > > >> On Dec 25, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Nick Hilliard <n...@foobar.org> wrote: >> >> Daniel Corbe wrote: >>> Let’s just cut off the entirety of the third world instead of having >>> a tangible mitigation plan in place. >> >> You mean, cut off Sweden, Ireland, Finland, Switzerland and Israel? >> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World >> >> What an enormously silly idea. >> >> Seasons greetings to all, >> >> Nick >> > > It was a stupid idea even before you corrected me. > >
