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----- Original Message ----- From: "Deepak Jain" <[email protected]> To: "william(at)elan.net" <[email protected]> Cc: "John Obi" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 2:56 AM Subject: Re: UUNet Offer New Protection Against DDoS > > > william(at)elan.net wrote: > > > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, John Obi wrote: > > > >>Hello Nanogers! > >> > >>I'm happy to see this, and I hope C&W, Verio, and Level3 will do the same! > >>http://informationweek.securitypipeline.com/news/18201396 > > > > > And what kind of response to DOS are we talking about? Blackholing the > target IP to allow your pipe to pass packets and so that your router is > pingable (which is probably the measure for whether you are up or not?) cant speak for them, but this would be my preferred first step. next step is, of course, an attempt to filter on {source, unique characteristics, what have you} and removing the blackhole. paul
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