Hmmm..... Maybe if NANOG had irc.nanog.org, maybe that might be something to consider - a real-time network of communication for network operators to deal with issues, etc.
-- Jonathan On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:04:36 -0400 (EDT), Charles Sprickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Howdy, > > Is there any place where people with experience dealing with DDoS attacks > hang out? I'm getting very little assistance from my upstream beyond > "call whomever is in charge of each IP attacking and make them stop", and > "even though we null route the destination IP being attacked, this traffic > will be billed". > > I've got a nice snippet of flows, so I can mostly see where everything is > coming from, and it's obvious what the target is, but my > flow-stat/flow-report skills are pretty weak. > > Oddly, in eight years of working for smallish ISPs I've never been hit > very hard, believe it or not. Is the response from my upstream typical? > I was expecting a bit more cooperation rather than them seeing as this as > an opportunity to bill me for lots of traffic. > > Thanks, > > Charles > > -- > Charles Sprickman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Jonathan M. Slivko - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Linux: The Choice for the GNU Generation" - http://www.linux.org/ - Don't fear the penguin. .^. /V\ /( )\ ^^-^^ He's here to help.