Re: Which Part(s) Failed in the recent DOS Attacks?

[Joe Shaw <jshaw () insync net>]

On 9 Feb 2000, Toplez Razer wrote:

> 1. Was it the firewall DOS filter?

With packet based DoS attacks, filters don't matter.  Bandwidth and
saturation are what matters.

> 2. No firewall in Yahoo, EBay, ETrade, etc?

Yes, there are, and no, they wouldn't have helped for the reason
stated above.

> 3. Firewall DOS filter worked, but the links were still clogged with massive
> ACKs/NACKs?

Not exactly, but fairly close.

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