[68227] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: UUNet Offer New Protection Against DDoS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terranson, Alif)
Fri Mar 5 18:38:10 2004
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:36:48 -0600
From: "Terranson, Alif" <Alif.Terranson@savvis.net>
To: "Steve Francis" <steve@expertcity.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Terranson, Alif wrote:
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> >As long as we're doing "Me Too"...
> >
> >Savvis has had prefix:666 for around 18 months as well.
> > =20
> >
> Do you know if C&W does? Or will that wait until the integration?
While I am not 100% certain (and there are plenty of "new-Savvis" folks =
here who *do* know for sure ;-), I believe the CW network does support a =
BH tag.
> This thread has caused me to add this as a requirement for a=20
> new gigabit ISP circuit I am ordering, as well as uRPF in the core,=20
Woah! Never said *anything* about that! No plans for it that I am =
aware of. No reason I can think of to do this either.
> etc.
> I've had two ISPs say "We don't do this yet, but based on the=20
> fact you are making it a requirement, we will role those functions out =
> into our core."
This is really not "new", and considering how easy it is to implement, =
I'm surprised it isn't *much* more widely implemented.
> Steve
> Voting with his money for better net-security....
Go Steve! Go!!
Alif Terranson
OpSec Engineering Mgr.
Operations Security Dept.
Savvis Communications Corp.
(314) 628-7602 Voice
(618) 558-5854 Cell
(314) 628-7710 Fax
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