Re: DNS issues various

[Kevin Houle <kjh () cert org>]

--On Thursday, October 24, 2002 04:30:20 PM -0400 "David G. Andersen" 
<dga () lcs mit edu> wrote:

> Until the default behavior of most systems is to block spoofed packets,
> it's going to remain a problem.

I assert this is not the case. A significant percentage of DDoS attacks use
legitimate source IP addresses. When there are thousands of throw-away hosts
in the attack network, the difficulty of traceback and elimination remains,
and so does the problem.

Yes, blocking spoofed packets helps. But it is not an end-game.

Kevin