[58287] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: We have a firewall (was Re: Pakistan government orders ISP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (E.B. Dreger)
Tue May 6 19:51:26 2003
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 23:51:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305061915350.7878-100000@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
SD> Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 19:28:48 -0400 (EDT)
SD> From: Sean Donelan
SD> The Pakistan Telecommunications Company Ltd has aquired a
SD> firewall to solve the DDOS situation impacting Internet
SD> service in the country. An unnamed security advisor asserted
SD> the proper use of a firewall would control the DDOS attacks
SD> and prevent hacking.
Now the DDoS melts the pipes _and_ the firewall. I'd like to
know if said "consultant" ever considered recommending the PTC
contact their upstreams for help with backtrace/blocking. Anyone
with a modicum of clue (or Google access) should figure out that
one...
Eddy
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