[125264] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: legacy /8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Sun Apr 11 14:54:18 2010
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:53:55 +0000
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On Apr 12, 2010, at 12:39 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> <Valdis.Kletnieks@v=
t.edu> wrote:
> IPv6 isn't heavily used *currently*, so it may be perfectly acceptable to
> deal with the mythological IPv6 DDoS
The only IPv6-related DDoS attacks of which I'm aware to date is miscreants=
going after 6-to-4 gateways in order to disrupt one another's IPv6-tunnele=
d botnet C&C traffic. However, as soon as there are moneymaking opportunit=
ies to be had and/or ideological vendettas to be pursued by launching pure =
IPv6-based DDoS attacks, we can all rest assured they won't let the side do=
wn.
;>
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Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
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