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-->> > Alexis feels that it's very important to get wide press coverage, to
-->> > help to force ISPs/NSPs to filter outbound crap from their network.
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-->> While I agree with the goal here, I've been a bit disturbed by the
-->> undercurrent of antipathy toward 'clueless small ISPs'. I'm as small
-->> as ISPs come, and I've been outbound filtering against source
-->> addresses not in my address space at least since last April. How many
-->> of the clueful here can say that? Not many, I'll venture. For that
-->> matter, when did Alexis begin filtering outbound?
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-->> I'd like the concept changed from 'forcing' to 'educating' and to have
-->> it done without disparagement for not already knowing.
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-->> Dick St.Peters, Gatekeeper, Pearly Gateway, Ballston Spa, NY
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-->Umm, if you've been outbound filtering against source addresses not in your
-->address space for many moons, then by definition you are not a 'clueless
-->small ISP'...
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-->Avi
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I have been looking through the Bay Networks MIB specification to see how
to filter outbound packets. I understand the concept of filtering
outbound packets, but am unable to use their site manager program to
implement the filters. I know where to look in the mib, but the MIB
specification says, "a binary representation of the filter" here and does
not elaborate. If it were a cisco, I could easily filter our outbound
traffic. If any of you have access to a bay networks router that is not
in production, please consider creating some sample filters so I can
figure out how to create my own. or if you have a batch file that does
it, that would be nice too.

Thanks in advance.