[133277] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Tue Dec 7 23:47:01 2010
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: North American Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 04:46:13 +0000
In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.2.00.1012072316130.25014@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> Other than trying to hide your real address, what can be done to prevent =
DDOS in the first place.
DDoS is just a symptom. The problem is botnets. =20
Preventing hosts from becoming bots in the first place and taking down exis=
ting botnets is the only way to actually *prevent* DDoS attacks. Note that=
prevention is distinct from *defending* oneself against DDoS attacks.
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