[73652] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FBI bust DDoS 'Mafia'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wayne E. Bouchard)
Mon Aug 30 19:45:12 2004
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 16:32:17 -0700
From: "Wayne E. Bouchard" <web@typo.org>
To: Hank Nussbacher <hank@mail.iucc.ac.il>
Cc: James <haesu@towardex.com>, John Obi <dalnetuzer@yahoo.com>,
"J.A. Terranson" <measl@mfn.org>,
Ricardo Rick Gonzalez <rico.gonzalez@gmail.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408302141400.1546@efes.iucc.ac.il>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 09:44:09PM +0300, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>
> > 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
10 years is a long time..... Here's to hoping we survive that long.
---
Wayne Bouchard
web@typo.org
Network Dude
http://www.typo.org/~web/
