On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 6:25 AM, Justin M. Streiner <strei...@cluebyfour.org > wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jul 2015, Nicholas Warren wrote: > > How will the customer know the ISP is blocking the traffic? Does the FCC >> make ISPs disclose this information? >> > > If a customer is legitimately trying to reach someone in one of the > affected IP ranges and failing, at some point, they will either a) give up > and try later, or b) contact their provider to try to find out what's going > on. > > If it's something widespread enough that the ISP's support line is blowing > up with calls, I'd hope they would either put some sort of announcement on > their website/support site/support line. > > As with anything else in the ISP world, it's about striking an appropriate > balance. If ISP X is getting hit with DDoS traffic hard enough to severely > impact their business, that can warrant an emergency response, albeit > likely a short-term/tactical response. If not, perhaps a more limited > response is better. Again, each provider is free to run their network as > they see fit. > > The balance point can also change if downstream ISPs are involved, since > ISP X might be making the decision to block or not block traffic for the > downstreams, with or without their consent. > > jms > > I agree with you about balance. The issue is that for many of us, UDP floods / DDoS, is daily business. It is not an emergency when you have a baseline for UDP and police it. Or, you can careen from emergency to emergency. CB > On 07/22/2015 09:01 PM, Justin M. Streiner wrote: >> >>> You're certainly free to block whatever traffic you wish, but your >>> customers might not appreciate a heavy-handed approach to stopping bad >>> traffic at the gates. >>> >> >>