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Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations
From: James Bensley <jwbensley () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 15:40:17 +0100
On 3 August 2016 at 15:16, Alain Hebert <ahebert () pubnix net> wrote:
PS: I will like to take this time to underline the lack of participation from a vast majority of ISPs into BCP38 and the like. We need to keep educating them at every occasion we have. For those that actually implemented some sort of tech against it, you are a beacon of hope in what is a ridiculous situation that has been happening for more than 15 years.
At the risk of starting a "NANOG war" [1], BCP isn't a magic wand. If I find a zero day in the nasty customised kernels that OVH run on their clients boxes, I only need 300 compromised hosts to send 300Gbps of traffic without spoofing the IP or using amplification attacks [2]. I can rent a server with a 10Gbps connection for 1 hour for a few quid/dollars. I could generate hundreds of Gbps of traffic for about £1000 from legitimate IPs, paid for with stolen card details. How will BCP save you then? Can everyone stop praising it like it was a some magic bullet? James. [1] A pathetic and futile one, so different from the rest. [2] Subsitute OVH for any half decent provider that isn't really oversubscribed.
Current thread:
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations, (continued)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Christopher Morrow (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Phil Gardner (Aug 04)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Robert Webb (Aug 04)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Christopher Morrow (Aug 04)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Ca By (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Alain Hebert (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Ca By (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Mike Hammett (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Valdis . Kletnieks (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Mike Hammett (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Christopher Morrow (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack -and- related conversations Ca By (Aug 03)
- RE: Host.us DDOS attack Tony Wicks (Aug 03)
- Re: Host.us DDOS attack Jason Canady (Aug 03)