On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 09:26, Paul G wrote:
> 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.What most people seem to forget is that neither of these steps actually counter the DoS...they merely make the DoS as invisible as possible to customers while the traffic keeps hitting the carrier in question. For the large carriers this is only a minor inconvenience. For smaller carriers or for co-location facilities/NSP's that are relying on not-so-clueful carriers (read: carriers not supporting any kind of communities with possible lack of pro-active network management and/or bad communications) this is a BIG problem. Even though they might take the heat off the targeted customer, they could be in for a rough ride themselves as the DoS keeps going and going. I haven't seen any major press-releases on actually solving the problem instead of hiding it... (granted...I haven't put out one either :-) Cheers, -- --- Erik Haagsman Network Architect We Dare BV tel: +31.10.7507008 fax: +31.10.7507005 http://www.we-dare.nl
