Re: [gnso-ff-pdp-may08] Definition V4.2: concern about "consumer-grade"

[Wendy Seltzer <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

RLVaughn wrote:
...
> This wide dispersion of network nodes into a large number of consumer
> grade networks is symptomatic of fast flux nets and is the type of
> routing to which I refer.  I have not witnessed CDN spread into
> consumer-grade autonomous systems.  Even if routing is not in ICANN's
> scope, the presence of routing into consumer-networks seems worthy of
> a bullet in our symptom list.
> 
> [ Perhaps a sub-bullet to:]
>    *uses a variety of techniques to achieve volatility including:
> [following]
>        o (rapid) modification of IP addresses for malicious ...
>        o disperses network nodes across a wide number of consumer
>          grade autonomous systems.
> [I would, in fact, consider this new bullet as a prerequisite for
> fast flux]
...

I see that use of consumer-grade ASs may be a frequent symptom of
malicious fast-flux, but we should take care not to encourage
discrimination against consumers' use of their Internet connections.

For example, the Tor network has many users who are intentionally making
their machines available on what I think would be classified as
"consumer-grade" ASs, as for instance on this list of public exit nodes:
<http://cassandra.eecs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/exit.py>

I don't want this group to follow the anti-spam pattern, of making
consumer Internet connections less equal peers because some of them are
subject to abuse.

Thanks,
--Wendy

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