Re: IDS/DDOS prevention hardware that doesnt cost $80,000+?

[Kim Onnel <karim.adel () gmail com>]

Cisco routers and switches export network accounting information
you can write a software that reads these flows and report to you who is the 
Top Talker/DDoS
or you can get an open-source one (flow-tools, ntop,..)
or you can buy one (Arbor, lancope, crannog,...)



On 5/25/05, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver () thenap com> wrote:
>  I'm wondering if there is such an animal out there? All of the ones I 
> have seen are made for the multi-gigabit service provider there aren't any 
> for the smaller mid-rangers out there. Can anyone suggest anything that we 
> can put in place? The attacks we're seeing are just a huge influx of PPS not 
> so much the amount of bandwidth.
>
>  Offlist to keep chatter low is fine with me.
>
>  Sorry to be a bother,
>
>  -D