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

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver () thenap com> wrote:
> I'm certain there are thresholds to that. Carrier grade mitigation
> solutions will start low and ramp up to 5, 6, 7, etc. figures
> depending on the attack and amount of bandwidth to be filtered among
> other variables.
>
> > > >
>
> My point was, if you "mitigate" the attack vs. null routing the target you have to pay for the transit that the 
> attack consumes between your network and the upstream network(s).

so... with a carrier managed solution (or the one ATT/Sprint/VZB sold)
the transit of the attack happens inside their networks and isn't
charged to the end-customer (the destination, obviously contributing
customers get charged :) )

-chris