[27186] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Info on the DoS attacks.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rodney Caston)
Wed Feb 9 22:53:32 2000
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 21:38:04 -0600 (CST)
From: Rodney Caston <largo@megatokyo.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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> The closed-mouthness just seems to be extending the list of victims because
> the later ones didn't know how to protect themselves until after they got hit.
> Then after a few hours of downtime, they figure out which filters to install.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice to know what filters to install to protect your web site
> before it gets hit?
>
I think we just had this discussion about that 'c' word, cooperation...
and why it will never happen.