North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: CCO/cisco.com issues.
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Matt wrote: The nsp-security list coordinates the interaction between ISPs and NSPs in near real-time. The list has helped mitigate attacks and will continue to do so. Those interested in being members and that fulfill the requirements should review: https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/nsp-security Regards Hank on behalf of the nsp-security moderators > > As the bandwidth ramps up on the access side, this problem is only > going > > to become more and more prevalent (as if it's not already enough of a > > problem).While I don't think filtering is the silver bullet, it can > > certainly help at times.Ithink some of the larger watch sites (eg > > SANS, etc.) out there have the right idea - even though reactive in > > nature, almost real-time dissemination of attack vectors and trending > of > > methods goes a long way towards slowing down some of these attacks. > > Unfortunately, these single target attacks, such as attacks on Cisco, > > Ebay, Yahoo, etc. cannot be entirely thwarted if the attacker(s) > is/are > > determined enough.We could go down the client side discussion (you > > know, the one about certain software vendors, etc.) but that topic has > > already been covered in great length. Hank Nussbacher
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