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Re: [Re: the cost of carrying routes]
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks
- Date: Thu Oct 17 13:20:10 2002
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:47:12 PDT, Ratul Mahajan said:
> ps: since i don't run networks myself, all of this may be something that is
> obviously asinine. would be great if someone was to point out if that is
> the case, and why.
Remember - in most cases, the management of a company *may* have moral or
ethical requirements "to be a good citizen", but they almost certainly have
legal requirements to "the bottom line". If a site is paying you for transit,
there's a very strong *dis*incentive to take any action that would prevent a
DDoS attack - the bottom line says the Right Thing is to install just enough
traffic shaping so a DDoS won't melt *your* net, and bill for the traffic. ;)
If anything, in that case you want to charge well-run sites MORE, to make up
for the revenue loss of them not being involved in a DDoS. ;)
The exact same logic applies to spammage, worms, and other malware - when
there's a bandwidth glut, and you're selling bandwidth, you *WANT* traffic.
I wonder how much revenue SirCam and Nimda generated....
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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