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jbz
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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

“CGNATs also create significant operational fallout stemming from the fact that hundreds or even thousands of clients can appear to originate from a single IP address,” wrote Cloudflare researchers Vasilis Giotsas and Marwan Fayed. “This means an IP-based security system may inadvertently block or throttle large groups of users as a result of a single user behind the CGNAT engaging in malicious activity.”

https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/03/cloudflare_cgnat_bias_research/

#cybersecurity #cgnat #throttling

ISPs more likely to throttle CGNAT traffic: Cloudflare

: When operators see danger, innocent users are dragged down along with bad actors
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James Wells
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@nikatjef@mastodon.acm.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@jbz
Not to be a nit, but you would think that this would incentivise the CGNAT providers to go after the malicious users, but no they choose not to and instead continue the graft and corruption because the malicious users tend to spend more money.

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