[133284] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Wed Dec 8 06:00:29 2010
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:58:38 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
In-Reply-To: <A4604CE5-CFDE-4DD4-8BD5-7906ACA22EFB@arbor.net>
Cc: North American Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
actually, botnets are an artifact. claiming that the tool is the problem
might be a bit short sighted. with the evolution of Internet technologies
(IoT) i suspect botnet-like structures to become much more prevelent and
useful for things other than coordinated attacks.
just another PoV.
--bill
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 04:46:13AM +0000, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
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> On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
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> > Other than trying to hide your real address, what can be done to prevent DDOS in the first place.
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> DDoS is just a symptom. The problem is botnets.
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> Preventing hosts from becoming bots in the first place and taking down existing 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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> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com>
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> Sell your computer and buy a guitar.
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