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Re: i am not a list moderator, but i do have a request

  • From: Valdis . Kletnieks
  • Date: Thu Aug 17 16:31:23 2006 
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:15:25 EDT, Richard A Steenbergen said:

> If this is all we have to talk about and it is on-topic, then NANOG has 
> failed, and we need a new list where people can actually discuss network 
> operations.

Admittedly, discussions about how to mitigate a botnet are less on topic than
discussing how to fix a BGP wedgie.  On the other hand, it's very hard to
launch a DDoS big enough to need mitigating unless you have a botnet to launch
it from.  Even Mafiaboy knew that one.

So if you get rid of the botnets, you get rid of the 2AM alerts that a DDoS is
in progress.  And 2AM alerts are operational, at least in my book.

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