IBURST IP range on Bogon List

There's a reason why iBurst says you need updated firewalls and antivirus software on their main site :

PEOPLE ARE IDIOTS. Especially idiots... yes.... I classify them as a whole race. If you see an idiot, run... they can be really sly, so if you find an idiot, run. They won't be offended.

To your question, yes, the IP range is there for people to block potential dos attacks or port scanning or virusses or whatever trying to get into your PC (or kill it) while using P2P software. P2P software basically broadcasts your IP to everyone sharing the same file as you, and if someone maulicious enough wants to make your life a living hell, they can.

However, firewall helps you there, including latest virus definitions, so it shouldn't happen, but for added security, you can download the filter.dat and read it into your P2P program that can then block all of those IP addresses that will try and cause you harm.

There has been a huge influx of attacks on my PC in the last week or so, from iBurst IP addresses. Same thing happened to Sentech when they started out. Sentech only made deals with firewall providers and mcafee to distribute the software to their clients as a precautionary measure because people (those idiots) have no clue.

Telkom has done it with ADSL, I can't understand why this hasn't become a standard practice for 24/7 connectivity.

iBurst hasn't come to the realisation (like Sentech) that they're an INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER and not just another dude selling modems. They need to take measures to protect them and their clients interests. Which they obviously don't
 
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Jakes. Basically the Bogon list as far as I know is used to block certain IP addresses from sending and receiving mail traffic.

The whole idea behind it is to stop these ****tard spammers.
I.E If you run a mail server from your iburst IP address and your mailserver sends an e-mail to say pop3.mweb.co.za. Mweb server will check the IP and ignore any connections. This is to stop me for example, buying a iburst, setting up a mail server and selling it to spammers as an "open relay" of sorts. May seem unfair, but it's a good idea.

BTW.... Iburst, TelkomADSL, Sentech, Vodacom 3G and even dial-up ip address ranges will be somewhere on that list.

If I have gotten the whole thing wrong, please correct me.
 
The Bogon list is there to prevent impossible traffic.
Certain IP Ranges are not assigned to anyone, they are in the bogon list.
If any traffic comes from these IP's, it means its spoofed.

If a DoS attack were to occur, the people executing it will probably spoof random IP's. Some of these IP's will be in Bogon space, and thus dropped by any routers that use a bogon list.

When the IP addresses do get assigned, the Bogon list changes. It is up to the network admins around the world to keep up to date with the changing Bogon list.

eg: 69.0.0.0 - 69.255.255.255 was previously classified as Reserved, and only recent assigned for actual use.
It has been in the Bogon list right since the beginning.. and now all the old, unmaintained routers and firewalls around the world have to be updated.

Thats the basic idea behind the Bogon list. Its just one of those little mechanisms that have been around for a while to make life as an admin on the internet just a little more bearable.

(I believe the term you're looking for is RBL or Relay Blocking List. There are loads of RBL's out there. These contain IPs of known spam relays, and some RBL's specialise in Dial-Up ranges)
 
That seems to be a perfectly legit IP. The only bogons currently listed in the 196.46 range are these:


196.46.16.0/20
196.46.32.0/19
196.46.72.0/21
196.46.80.0/20
196.46.112.0/20
196.46.144.0/20
196.46.188.0/22
196.46.224.0/19
 
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