alt Hacker NewsI cannot believe this is still not commonly done. I remember discussing this with some people in the industry over ten years ago and the sentiment was “if ISPs just stopped IP spoofing that would solve most problems”.
I cannot believe this is still not commonly done. I remember discussing this with some people in the industry over ten years ago and the sentiment was “if ISPs just stopped IP spoofing that would solve most problems”.
It would solve a ton of other people’s problems, but cause a few for you, so it won’t be done until required by law.
E.g., customer does something stupid with addresses but the “wrong address” is something they control on another network, so it works. Egress filtering breaks it, support call and crying.