Real-Time Mitigation of Denial of Service Attacks Now Available With AT&T

Fri Jun 4 14:12:13 UTC 2004


> True, but no-one is saying the entire network should be done in one fell
> swoop. Eventually, larger companies WILL have to replace outdated
> components and when they do they can replace them and at the same time
> make sure ACL's or uBRF

uRPF even..weird typo

>  or whatever you use is in place. And before
> that, you could at least make sure your newer equipment that CAN easily
> take ACLs is properly configured. Currently most larger companies do
> neither, always pointing out the cost of doing a huge network wide
> upgrade that in actuality no-one is expecting them to do. Even if only a
> percentage of a large ISP's network (especially xDSL and HFC services)
> is properly configured, it'll save a lot of grief, cutting maintenance
> cost for the ISP itself as well as causing less headaches for other
> companies. And over time you just gradually update parts where you're
> replacing equipment that's at the end of it's lifecycle anyway.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
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