ddos attacks

Thu Dec 19 13:17:19 UTC 2013

On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Tore Anderson <tore at fud.no> wrote:

> So in order for an Anti-DDoS appliance to be functional the network needs to be able to withstand the DDoS on its own. How terribly useful.

Due to the nature of network infrastructure devices and TCP/IP, it's quite necessary that they themselves are resilient in the face of attack:

<https://app.box.com/s/osk4po8ietn1zrjjmn8b>

This is a base requirement for any network operator, without exception.

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