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by Egrodo 978 days ago
If it becomes this easy to block traffic couldn't malicious applications really mess up a user by spamming out reject packets for common IP?
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I think it would have to be something like "Block traffic from <offending IP> intended for <my IP>. <TTL>. <Cryptographic signature verifying that I control my IP>."
The intermediate routers can send back a confirmation code, and you must send a new reject packet with this code to confirm the ban.