more directed broadcast attacks

Tue Mar 31 00:47:05 UTC 1998

[Description of nasty DOS attack snipped.]

> Needless to say, I did not have any fun today.

Suggestion...

Some people claim that the only way to get rid of professional spammers 
is to make it too expensive for them to do business, for example 
by charging them a serious "cleanup" fee if they get kicked off for 
spamming.

Maybe the same idea logic holds for checking source IP addresses.  
If there isn't any visible cost to procrastinating then many sysamdins 
will continue to put installing the filters on the back burner. 

So how about modifying contracts, including peering agreements, to charge 
for DOS problems?

You could charge twice as much (per hour?) if the NOC didn't respond 
within some time limit. 