[58286] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: We have a firewall (was Re: Pakistan government orders ISP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher L. Morrow)
Tue May 6 19:44:03 2003
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 23:43:18 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <chris@UU.NET>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305061915350.7878-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 6 May 2003, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> 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.
wow, unbelieveable :(
>
> 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.
>
No research, quick-fix :( which of course will not fix anything :( ugh.
