RE: ICANN Targets DDoS Attacks

["H. Michael Smith, Jr." <michael () awtechnologies com>]

Agreed 100%, but Gov't (being run by lawyers) is well accustomed to
defining what the meaning of 'is' is.  If they dictate that ISPs employ
"DDoS Protection", they will define what "DDoS Protection" means 'for
the purposes of this policy'.



-----Original Message-----
From: fingers [mailto:fingers () fingers co za] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:04 AM
To: H. Michael Smith, Jr.
Cc: nanog () merit edu
Subject: RE: ICANN Targets DDoS Attacks

> Source address verification at access layer and rate limiting icmp
would
> be fine starts.

these are "best practices" and not "DDoS Protection" imho