On Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:25:33 -0400, "Justin M. Streiner" said: > 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.
You missed (c) give up after a few days of retrying and figure the destination has folded and gone dark, and not bother trying anymore. It's particularly likely to happen if you haven't given *detailed* instructions to the people who answer your phones *and* a host they can test from *outside* your blocking. If your help desk responds with "It doesn't seem to be up for me either", outcome (c) is almost guaranteed...
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