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Re: [arin-announce] IPv4 Address Space (fwd)

  • From: matt
  • Date: Thu Oct 30 19:19:51 2003

> Recently, alex@yuriev.com (Alex Yuriev) wrote: 
> > > Leave content filtering to the ES, and *force* ES to filter the content.
> > Its not content filtering, I'm not filtering only certain html traffic 
> > (like access to porn sites), I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to 
> > my network and if I know what traffic is causing problems for me, I'll 
> > filter it first chance I get.
> 
> It is content filtering. You are filtering packets that you think are
> causing problems to the ES that you may not control.
> Alex
> 

Alex, please re-read the first paragraph.  He said
"I'm filtering traffic that is causing harm to *my* network..."
(emphasis mine).

He's not filtering out packets he thinks are causing problems
to the ES, he's filtering out packets that are causing him
problems directly, as the IS.

Matt





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