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Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 14:31:57 +1000
Subject: Re: Python Magazine
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On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno
<carlosnepomuceno@outlook.com> wrote:
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 20:04:28 -0700
>> Subject: Re: Python Magazine
>> From: john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net
>> To: python-list@python.org
>>
>> A perfectly fair point, Roy. It's just when you started suggesting conne=
cting to your neighbor's file server -- well, that's not something that man=
y people would ordinarily do. So, my mind leaped to the possibility of unin=
vited connections.
>>
>> Related question: would denial-of-service attacks be more pernicious wit=
hout a NAT?
>> --
>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
> I don't think so.
>
> IP blocking still a very common mitigation approach to DDoS, but it may c=
ause denial of service to legitimate clients who share the same blocked pub=
lic IP address used by the malicious clients. So, NAPT will still benefit D=
DoS attackers, at least temporarily (until the IP is unblocked).

I expect that IP blocks will be upgraded to /64 block blocks, if that
starts being a problem. But it often won't, and specific IP address
blocks will still be the norm.

ChrisA