UUNet Offer New Protection Against DDoS

Fri Mar 5 22:57:03 UTC 2004

On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Steve Francis wrote:

>
> Terranson, Alif wrote:
>
> >As long as we're doing "Me Too"...
> >
> >Savvis has had prefix:666 for around 18 months as well.
> >
> >
> Do you know if C&W does? Or will that wait until the integration?
>
> This thread has caused me to add this as a requirement for a new gigabit
> ISP circuit I am ordering, as well as uRPF in the core, etc.

uRPF in the core seems like a bad plan, what with diverse routes and such.
Loose-mode might help SOME, but really spoofing is such a low priority
issue why make it a requirement? Customer triggered blackholing is a nice
feature though.

--Chris
(formerly chris at uu.net)
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