Re: Proactive steps to prevent DDOS?

[John Hawkinson <jhawk () bbnplanet com>]

> Ok, Yahoo, Ebay, Amazon and Microsoft have all made essentially the
> same statement after being hit by a DDOS:  "taken steps to
> improve protection of their networks from this type of attack."
>
> My question is What are these steps, and why can't people take them
> before they experience a DDOS?
>
> Is there some magic command I can put into my router to help protect
> my network from a DDOS, or is this just PR fluff to make it look like
> the corporation is doing something.

How aobut neither?

> But in reality there is nothing you can do, but wait for the
> attacker to get bored and stop on their own.

This is the "state a fact that might be wrong to poll for dissent," approach?

Some people have, or are working on, automated tools that try to
detect-and-then-filter-at-the-border DDOS attacks when they happen.

This is something to do that is not useless PR fluff that is not a magic
command.

--jhawk