Defense against a client?

Mark Andrews marka at isc.org
Tue Jan 17 05:13:13 UTC 2012


In message <358ad0a6-b4db-47aa-87f9-b7ef4b86ab4c at email.android.com>, David Mill
er writes:
> >Which will more and more be behind CGN especially as DNSSEC take up
> >increases.
>
> If one sets up a infrastructure such that a large number of end users "share 
> the same fate" through having the same source address... then one should not 
> be surprised when these end users actually do share the same fate...
> 
> -DMM

Assuming that there is a single client on a single address has
*never* been a valid assumption.  Security policies that assume
that are *broken*.  Even with IPv6 this will not be a valid assumption
though you may get to a single machine per address.  machine is
still not client.

Mark
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