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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Proactive steps to prevent DDOS?
> Ok, Yahoo, Ebay, Amazon and Microsoft have all made essentially the > same statement after being hit by a DDOS: "taken steps to > improve protection of their networks from this type of attack." > > My question is What are these steps, and why can't people take them > before they experience a DDOS? > > Is there some magic command I can put into my router to help protect > my network from a DDOS, or is this just PR fluff to make it look like > the corporation is doing something. How aobut neither? > But in reality there is nothing you can do, but wait for the > attacker to get bored and stop on their own. This is the "state a fact that might be wrong to poll for dissent," approach? Some people have, or are working on, automated tools that try to detect-and-then-filter-at-the-border DDOS attacks when they happen. This is something to do that is not useless PR fluff that is not a magic command. --jhawk
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