[58285] in North American Network Operators' Group
We have a firewall (was Re: Pakistan government orders ISP service
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue May 6 19:29:21 2003
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 19:28:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0305051753360.16800-100000@rampart.argfrp.us.uu.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
The Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd has aquired a firewall to
solve the DDOS situation impacting Internet service in the country. An
unnamed security advisor asserted the proper use of a firewall would
control the DDOS attacks and prevent hacking.
I can understand the Pakistan government minister's frustration, and
desire to get things fixed. Unfortunately, it seems like security
incidents also attract security snake oil consultants. Buy my tonic
to cure your ills.
