Re: D/DoS mitigation hardware/software needed.

[Rob Shakir <rjs () eng gxn net>]

On 6 Jan 2010, at 15:00, Hank Nussbacher wrote:

> At 13:19 05/01/2010 +0000, Rob Shakir wrote:
>
> > If you're an SP who has some existing NetFlow solution, and don't really justify a spend for traffic intelligence 
> > within your network (or have something home-grown), is there an alternative scrubber that one might be able to use 
> > in a more standalone deployment that can approach the filtering levels of the Arbor kit?
> >
> > I should probably point out that we only really started our conversation with Arbor within the last month or so, so 
> > there are perhaps details relating to this that I've missed. I'd be happy to be corrected!
>
> In that case, how do you run your current service:
> http://www.vialtus.com/en/Solutions/Hosting-and-Datacentre-Services/Security-Solutions/Distributed-Denial-of-Service-Protection.aspx

Our existing mitigation devices are Riverhead boxes and some in-house tools, hence my interest in what other people are 
doing relating to the Cisco/Arbor Clean Pipes document.

I find the Riverhead boxes really good to work with, it's a shame that they're no longer under active development 
though!

Kind regards,
Rob

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