Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?

[Thomas Mangin <thomas.mangin () exa-networks co uk>]

On 8 Dec 2010, at 15:40, Dobbins, Roland wrote:

> On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:36 PM, Thomas Mangin wrote:
>
> > If you are a smaller network, you need the filtering to be performed by your transit provider, as your uplink will 
> > otherwise be congested.
>
> Actually, most DDoS attacks aren't link-flooding attacks - this hasn't been true for the last ~7 years or so.
>
> I'm not saying it doesn't happen, because it does, and sometimes quite spectacularly - but in most cases, the 
> attackers don't have to flood the link to achieve their desired goal.

Fair point. I never had to face any intelligent type of DDOS ... lucky me :)

Thomas