RE: This is a must read document. It will freak you out

[Zachary Uram]

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Hague, Alex wrote:
> 
> This link outlines a basic strategy
> http://arstechnica.com/reviews/2q00/networking/networking-4.html#ddos

Hi Alex,

Cool, thanks.

> This is still a long way off and would need to be adopted by companies like
> Cisco etc. Somehow I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Would Cisco, Bay Networks etc. adopt it when it has matured and
is ready for market?

> While I'm at it, here's my bit on the XP side of things. IP address spoofing
> will never become a big problem as ISP's can implement egress filtering.
> This would mean that you'd always at least know the ISP of the spoofer. The
> biggest problem will still remain the same - getting ISP's to cooperate with
> people under attack.

Why are ISPs so uncooperative?
Isn't it in *their* best interest as well to limit needless
bandwidth on their networks?

SDG,
Zach

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