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   From: grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se   
      
   On Thu, 2010-09-16, Elton wrote:   
   >> Sure, but that blocks a lot of traffic that may well be requested by   
   >> something you did on your end. It's comparable to ISP's that block   
   >> "spoofed traffic", but what they mean by "spoofed" is not that the   
   >> origin is invalid or incorrect but simply that it's not the one *they*   
   >> assigned. Shoot at the wall, towards the target, and call whatever you   
   >> can hit the bullseye.   
   >   
   > So TCP SYNs can also be the result of a request by me, and a new   
   > connection starts to create as a result of this request.   
      
   Yes!   
      
   > But then how do ISPs find out if it was a packet sent to me as a   
   > result of a request (solicited packet), or if they are TCP SYN packets   
   > sent to my computer without I requesting it (unsolicited packets) ?   
      
   Well, like Morten writes elsewhere in the thread, they can't. Unless   
   they get to define the meaning of "solicited" on your behalf.   
      
   (By the way, I have never heard of ISPs that do crazy stuff like   
   that.)   
      
   /Jorgen   
      
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