[53050] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ICANN Targets DDoS Attacks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (fingers)
Tue Oct 29 10:11:48 2002
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 17:11:19 +0200 (SAST)
From: fingers <fingers@fingers.co.za>
To: "H. Michael Smith, Jr." <michael@awtechnologies.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <32BBA5238987F54A9748DBB2E904B56D4C9AEB@admex-03.admin2000.cau.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Agreed 100%, but Gov't (being run by lawyers) is well accustomed to
> defining what the meaning of 'is' is. If they dictate that ISPs employ
> "DDoS Protection", they will define what "DDoS Protection" means 'for
> the purposes of this policy'.
ah ok
the point I was trying to make is, there are steps that can be taken to
mitigate/reduce the affects of DDoS. I do not believe there is any
complete way to "protect against a DDoS". perhaps I'm just being pedantic.
perhaps the clarity you mention would be a good thing for other areas too
:)
