For small guys like me, the upstream provider usually is actively involved in stemming DOS attacks - and often thier upstream as well. I know that they have been the subject of a couple of DDOS attacks, but yet we managed to stay online with only some spikey latency and poor throughput to show.
The one thing I could not deal with alone, was when I was subjected to a spam attack, where coordinated spamming was directed at my mail server, so fast and so numerous were the attempts to send mail to it, that it came to a halt, unable to send or receieve mail, and I literally chewed through 2.5 gigs of data transfer in a few hours- all inbound atttempts to send spam. My upstream (also host my web and mail services) blocked that attack and some future ones. I routinely see ssh probes, ping scans, and other somewhat malicious traffic attempting to reach my network. Some of which I have blocked now right at the gateway to my provider. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ neofast.net - fast internet for North East Oregon and South East Washington email me at mark at neofast dot net 541-969-8200 Direct commercial inquiries to purchasing at neofast dot net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 8:58 AM Subject: [WISPA] more security reading > http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm > > Don't seem to hear about these nearly as often anymore though. Have things > gotten better or have I just been living under a rock for too long? > > laters, > Marlon > (509) 982-2181 Equipment sales > (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services > 42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp! > 64.146.146.12 (net meeting) > www.odessaoffice.com/wireless > www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
