Re: Need some info about "Clean pipe"

[Michael Holstein <michael.holstein () csuohio edu>]

> Is there any one has idea about what is "clean pipe" ? what exactly upstream
> providers do using this term " clean pipe"?
>   

Call it "managed DDOS protection" .. sort of like the SaS model, but for
networking.

Simple ASCII artwork :

Internet -> ISP (big pipe) -> DDOS gear -> (your circuit) -> you.

In short, instead of paying for a (n*)gbps circuit and buying your own
DDOS prevention gear, you buy $n worth of bandwidth that has somebody
actively managing the DDOS protection.

Prolexic is one of the bigger players in this market (www.prolexic.com).

No, it's not cheap. But neither are circuits of sufficient capacity to
absorb a 100k botnet type of DDOS and the accompanying RTBH gear (Arbor,
et.al.).

Cheers,

Michael Holstein
Cleveland State University