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SD> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 02:13:38 -0500 (EST) SD> From: Sean Donelan SD> Has the number of DDOS attacks increased or decreased in the SD> last few years has uRPF has become more widely deployed? Number of life guards on duty increases in the summer. So does drowning. Therefore, having life guards on duty is not an effective measure to prevent drowning. Ice cream consumption increases in the summer. So does drowning. Therefore, it is ice cream consumption that causes drowning. (Time for arguments over who has the best and worst analogies!) SD> Do you have any evidence the number of attacks are decreasing? Is "number of attacks" the sole metric? Are all attacks created equal? Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : [email protected] -or- [email protected] -or- [email protected] Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.
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