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>the owner of the refused IP being required to filter that traffic at THEIR routing layer What's to stop a malicious actor from just ignoring the refusal?
by edgyquant 5y ago
>the owner of the refused IP being required to filter that traffic at THEIR routing layer
What's to stop a malicious actor from just ignoring the refusal?
- bryans 5y agoNamely that an IP "owner" in this scenario could and should also be the participating upstream provider(s) between the requesting IP and malicious actor. If a particular provider isn't participating in the system, the traffic can still be blocked by one that is -- if not blocking the entire range.