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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Hard data on network impact of the "Code Red" worm?
--On Tuesday, July 31, 2001 08:40 +0200 Hank Nussbacher <[email protected]> wrote: So we get hit with another few Tb/sec attack. So what. Right now, traffic shouldn'tIn this case, IMO, the hype was warranted. If not for the 2 code errors in Code Red, this worm, using 300K zombies at 50Mb/sec each would have hit the Internet with about 15Tb/sec of aggregate traffic. The next time, we all won't be so lucky. even appear on the radar for most NSPs insofar as things to worry about. In fact, I'd go so far to say that too much traffic is a problem most NSPs are "dying" to have, if I may be permitted a small bon-mot. Big NSPs got the big routers and the big pipes. The problem that most people really need to worry about are things that target the routers themselves. Those tend to fall over at the slightest provocation. It won't happen this time, but the next time, we may not be so lucky. As Chuck D would say Troubles, not me, I don't mean to cause But you took one look and began to pause Didn't holler at the dollar we willin' to spend But you took one look and wouldn't let our ass in /vijay
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