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Re: Krebs on Security booted off Akamai network after DDoS attack proves pricey


From: Chris Woodfield <rekoil () semihuman com>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 11:46:40 -0700

On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:47 AM, John Levine <johnl () iecc com> wrote:

Well...by anycast, I meant BGP anycast, spreading the "target"
geographically to a dozen or more well connected/peered origins.  At that
point, your ~600G DDoS might only be around

anycast and tcp? the heck you say! :)

People who've tried it say it works fine.  Routes don't flap that often.


There are a number of companies terminating anycasted TCP endpoints without issue. It’s not exactly turnkey, but it’s 
hardly black magic either. 

Here’s Nick Holt @Microsoft presenting their experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MONHHF2BU 
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MONHHF2BU> 

-Chris

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