Is Denial of Service a WEIRD Hot Topic?

Any thoughts on whether this type of information is worth highlighting on
the web site? Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	The IESG [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 15, 2000 6:24 AM
> Cc:	RFC Editor; Internet Architecture Board
> Subject:	Protocol Action: Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial
> of Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing to BCP
> 
> 
> 
> The IESG has approved 'Network Ingress Filtering: Defeating Denial of
> Service Attacks which employ IP Source Address Spoofing' <rfc2267> as a
> Best Current Practice.
> 
> The IESG Contact Persons are Randy Bush and Bert Wijnen.
> 
>  
> Technical Summary
>  
>  This document describes recommended router configurations to reduce
>  likelihood of attacks over the network.  It describes how an ISP customer
>  aggregation router should be configured to prevent a customer from
> sending
>  packets with source addresses from space other than their own.
> 
> Working Group Summary
> 
>  This is not the product of a working group, but has been used in
> practice,
>  has passed general IETF last call twice, and is generally considered to
> be
>  good practice.
> 
> Protocol Quality
> 
>  This was reviewed for the IESG by Randy Bush.