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Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?
From: bmanning () vacation karoshi com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:58:38 +0000
actually, botnets are an artifact. claiming that the tool is the problem might be a bit short sighted. with the evolution of Internet technologies (IoT) i suspect botnet-like structures to become much more prevelent and useful for things other than coordinated attacks. just another PoV. --bill On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 04:46:13AM +0000, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:Other than trying to hide your real address, what can be done to prevent DDOS in the first place.DDoS is just a symptom. The problem is botnets. Preventing hosts from becoming bots in the first place and taking down existing botnets is the only way to actually *prevent* DDoS attacks. Note that prevention is distinct from *defending* oneself against DDoS attacks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> Sell your computer and buy a guitar.
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- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?, (continued)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Patrick W. Gilmore (Dec 06)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? David Ulevitch (Dec 06)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Patrick W. Gilmore (Dec 06)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Sean Donelan (Dec 07)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Patrick W. Gilmore (Dec 07)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Paul Ferguson (Dec 07)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 07)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Adrian Chadd (Dec 07)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 07)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Adrian Chadd (Dec 07)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Patrick W. Gilmore (Dec 06)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? bmanning (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Thomas Mangin (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Dobbins, Roland (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? JC Dill (Dec 08)
- Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Jack Bates (Dec 08)