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Re: WANTED: ISPs with DDoS defense solutions
- From: variable
- Date: Wed Jul 30 18:18:29 2003
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> I recall one of our users was involved in a DoS once a few years back
> when the "giant pings" could crash MS boxes. The fact that his perceived
> anonymity was removed was enough to keep him from repeating his
> attacks....
That's the heart of the problem. Anyone who's owned enough boxes can sit
there happily running a DDoS anonymously against a target because:
1) The OS/software/default settings for a lot of internet connected
machines are weak, making it easy to attack from multiple locations.
2) A lot of networks have no customer or egress filtering and make it a
lot more difficult to trace DDoS traffic because it generally uses faked
source addresses.
If these issues are addressed then it becomes a lot harder to remain
anonymous and starting DDoS attacks against targets that can trace you
becomes a lot less attractive.
Cheers,
Rich
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