[73602] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FBI bust DDoS 'Mafia'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Mon Aug 30 14:48:43 2004
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 21:44:09 +0300 (IDT)
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@mail.iucc.ac.il>
To: James <haesu@towardex.com>
Cc: John Obi <dalnetuzer@yahoo.com>,
"J.A. Terranson" <measl@mfn.org>,
Ricardo Rick Gonzalez <rico.gonzalez@gmail.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20040830160249.GA53380@scylla.towardex.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> D/DoS is a fact of life that happens continuously non-stop. FBI intervening
> here probably may have certain effect in general atmosphere among the
> packet kiddies, but there is no solid data that says DDoS attacks have
> decreased.
Death and perhaps taxes are facts of life. Until about 10 years ago DDOS
didn't exist. Hopefully 10 years from now it will go the way of the
Betamax.
-Hank
