DDoS attacks

Thu Jul 12 04:08:07 UTC 2001

On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Vivien M. wrote:
> > From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> > John Fraizer
> > My comments helped me substantially.  I feel MUCH better!  If they want to
> > whine about their IRC network being DDoS'd, they should do it on their IRC
> > network and NOT on the North American Network Operators Group mailing
> > list.  OOPS!  I almost forgot.  They're being DDoS'd.  They probably can't
> > even log onto their IRC servers.  Too bad.  Maybe they'll use this as an
> > excuse to perhaps expose themselfs to fresh air (as in OUTSIDE THEIR
> > HOMES.)  We can only hope.
> Tell me, with your attitude, do you expect people to help you if someone on
> your network gets DDoSed? I mean, what makes your customers more important
> to the rest of the universe than those people's IRC server? (And I should
> mention that IRC server is someone's customer too, somewhere)

Unfortunately john's apathy and arrogance is typical of most providers
i've dealt with when trying to get them to stop originating ddos attacks.

At this point I don't think john has any bridges left to burn.

-Dan