On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuc...@outlook.com> wrote: > ---------------------------------------- >> Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 20:04:28 -0700 >> Subject: Re: Python Magazine >> From: john_lada...@sbcglobal.net >> To: python-list@python.org >> >> A perfectly fair point, Roy. It's just when you started suggesting >> connecting to your neighbor's file server -- well, that's not something that >> many people would ordinarily do. So, my mind leaped to the possibility of >> uninvited connections. >> >> Related question: would denial-of-service attacks be more pernicious without >> a NAT? >> -- >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > I don't think so. > > IP blocking still a very common mitigation approach to DDoS, but it may cause > denial of service to legitimate clients who share the same blocked public IP > address used by the malicious clients. So, NAPT will still benefit DDoS > attackers, at least temporarily (until the IP is unblocked).
I expect that IP blocks will be upgraded to /64 block blocks, if that starts being a problem. But it often won't, and specific IP address blocks will still be the norm. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
