Re: Proactive steps to prevent DDOS?

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

On Fri, 26 January 2001, John Hawkinson wrote:
> > But in reality there is nothing you can do, but wait for the
> > attacker to get bored and stop on their own.
>
> This is the "state a fact that might be wrong to poll for dissent," approach?

Yep.

> Some people have, or are working on, automated tools that try to
> detect-and-then-filter-at-the-border DDOS attacks when they happen.
>
> This is something to do that is not useless PR fluff that is not a magic
> command.

If I called my Genuity sales rep, what part number or product should I
order?