[dns-operations] DNS deluge for x.p.ctrc.cc

[brett watson]

On Feb 27, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
>
> Note that I'm not saying people should or should not do this: I
> really just don't know what people -- particularly root or TLD
> operators -- should do.  But it does seem to me that this sort of
> shunning might well actually accomplish something in at least some of
> these cases (which is what makes it attractive, I expect).

given what rodney and rob just posted regarding the generally  
positive response they've received (and the fact that $$$ is a  
motivating factor to fix), i'm starting to think that shunning might  
well be effective (outweighing the possibly negative effects).

> I also wonder about the potential for unintended effects in such an
> arms race.  Perhaps the attackers will go after something more subtle
> and therefore harder to work around, if shunning is effective.

possibly, but surely we shouldn't "do nothing" (not that you're  
saying "do nothing", but people may infer that from what you just  
said :) )

but again (from one of paul's early posts), who would sign up for a  
bgp or http feed to shun these servers?  i'm afraid if at least a few  
sufficiently large providers (or root-ops, or tlds), it won't be  
effective anyway.

-b