Re: Data about DDOS attacks? (was Re: FBI bust DDoS 'Mafia')

[Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch () muada com>]

On 30-aug-04, at 11:29, Sean Donelan wrote:

> > This will scare them and will decrease the DDoS attacks from now and 
> > on.

> Does anyone have any data whether DDOS attacks have increased or
> decreased?

I can tell you this much: several of my customers have been buying 
additional / better hardware in order to be able to cope with denial of 
service attacks.

As far as I can tell it has been getting worse over the past few years.