[4294] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SYN floods continue
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Wed Sep 11 12:50:36 1996
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 09:44:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: Alexis Rosen <alexis@panix.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199609110958.FAA16558@panix.com>
On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Alexis Rosen wrote:
> Anyway. Point is this: We can't take too much more of this, nor can our
> customers. I have yet to hear *anyone* come up with any ideas even remotely
> reasonable for how to deal with this situation, long term, except for the
> filtering that Avi, Perry, and I have been promoting these last few days.
>
> Whether or not existing equipment can handle the job is *IRRELEVANT*. If
> it won't, new equipment must be bought. The net won't survive without it.
Did you ever track down the source of the attacks? If not, why not?
Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
