Re: real-time DDoS help?

[Bubba Parker <sysadmin () citynetwireless net>]

If need be, if someone were to actually provide a shell or something
that did have enough bandwidth, I could setup the IRC server there and it
would be fine.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 09:41:51AM -0400, Daniel Reed wrote:
> On 2004-06-22T08:27-0500, Bubba Parker wrote:
> ) Well if people use this IRC server, there's definately going to be more
> ) control over the channel and server itself. And if needed, other members
> ) could gain more control server-wide. Let me know if you have any
> ) questions.
>
> You may find that an IRC server used for the purposes of discussing DoS
> attacks, to the point of being used for real time mitigation of same, will
> ultimately be targeted as part of those attacks.
>
> A dedicated DS3 probably does not provide enough bandwidth to run a modern
> DoS-resistent IRC server. As a point of reference, during an attack, some
> EFnet IRC servers may take in multiple hundreds of Mb/s before upstream
> action is initiated.
>
> -- 
> Daniel Reed <n () ml org>     http://people.redhat.com/djr/   irc.efnet.us
> There are people who do things and people who take the credit, and the
> trick is to be in the first group; there is a lot less competition. --
> Dwight Morrow, American Diplomat

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