[167570] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ddos attacks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Thu Dec 19 09:09:06 2013
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 14:08:34 +0000
In-Reply-To: <52B2F735.4030603@foobar.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Dec 19, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org> wrote:
> Many hosting profiles don't require this sort of anti-DDoS kit.
My post had nothing to do with 'anti-DDoS kit'.=20
> I'm sure mitigation boxes like this serve well in many situations if the =
cost / benefit justifies the expenditure, but as with most things, it's a
> case of applying the best tool for the job rather than blind application =
of shiny toys.
'Mitigation boxes' like what?
Again, my post had nothing to do with 'mitigation boxes' or 'shiny toys'. =
Unless you count routers and switches as 'shiny toys'.
I've never advocated the 'blind application' of any feature, function, mech=
anism, or 'shiny toy'.
Perhaps you've confused me with someone else.
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