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From: "Sean Donelan" <snip> > On the other hand, security is a much bigger "win" for a larger provider > than for a small provider. As Willie Sutton use to say, he robbed banks > because that's were the money was. Larger providers have more exposure, > and more to loose. Even a non-directed attack such as a worm tends to > impact larger providers more than smaller providers. The larger provider > has more incentive to work on security. For a small provider, security is > just another expense they would prefer not to spend. > <snip> I completely agree. Yet large providers have peer coordinators and many lack security coordinators or liaisons. Perhaps it's just the provider I reported the incident to, and I may find better luck with my new providers. To be honest, I don't think my old provider would have done much of anything except that it was a large enough DDOS to force him to backup the access lists to the core. I love it when the provider's equipment starts shutting down and their fiber fills up. It reminds me that I'm not always brought to my knees because of my size. -Jack
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