On 02/24/2013 04:38 AM, Spain, Dr. Jeffry A. wrote:
> What experience have users had using ShoreWall as a bogon filter
> using the Team Cymru full bogon lists
> (http://www.team-cymru.org/Services/Bogons/http.html)? The IPv4 full
> bogon list contains over 4,600 separate networks that need to be
> denied, and the IPv6 list over 68,300. Having not tried this myself,
> I would be concerned a priori about ShoreWall server meltdown.

With IPv4 moving towards 100% allocation, bogon filters are more likely 
to cause problems than block illegitimate traffic.  See
   http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6441
the list of networks to filter
   http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5735
and the discussions at
   http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/2012-February/012133.html
and
   http://lists.ausnog.net/pipermail/ausnog/2011-October/011439.html

Paul


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