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[Chris Angelico]

On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Carlos Nepomuceno
<carlosnepomuceno at outlook.com> wrote:
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>> Date: Sat, 25 May 2013 20:04:28 -0700
>> Subject: Re: Python Magazine
>> From: john_ladasky at sbcglobal.net
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>> A perfectly fair point, Roy. It's just when you started suggesting connecting to your neighbor's file server -- well, that's not something that many people would ordinarily do. So, my mind leaped to the possibility of uninvited connections.
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>> Related question: would denial-of-service attacks be more pernicious without a NAT?
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> I don't think so.
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> IP blocking still a very common mitigation approach to DDoS, but it may cause denial of service to legitimate clients who share the same blocked public IP address used by the malicious clients. So, NAPT will still benefit DDoS 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