On Jan 9, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Stefan Fouant wrote: > Firewalls do have their place in DDoS mitigation scenarios, but if used as > the "ultimate" solution you're asking for trouble.
In my experience, their role is to fall over and die, without exception. I can't imagine what possible use a stateful firewall has being placed in front of servers under normal conditions, much less during a DDoS attack; it just doesn't make sense. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobb...@arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. -- H.L. Mencken
