Re: Are we really this helpless? (Re: isprime DOS in progress)

[Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>]

J.D. Falk wrote:
> Seth Mattinen wrote:
> > Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
> > > I respectfully disagree. Network engineers have to keep up with many
> > > tasks and preventing DoS/DDoS should be the responsibility of
> > > everyone. I see more folks worried about spam than they are actual
> > > security.
> >
> > Back to my original question: is there really not a better solution?
>
> This sounds a lot like the conversations which led to the creation of 
> the original Realtime Blackhole List of spam sources.  When was that, 1996?


Perhaps the time has come for a BGP blackhole list like the bogon routes 
one. Who wants to become a target? ;)

~Seth