Re: Outsourcing DDOS

[Stefan Fouant <sfouant () shortestpathfirst net>]

Although a bit dated, I did a pretty exhaustive comparison of offerings 
from AT&T, Verizon, Prolexic, and a few others a while back.

Don't forget there is also the go-it-yourself approach which is always a 
fun option, guaranteed to keep you up at night and give you a few 
additional gray hairs...

Let me know if you're interested in the slides...

Stefan Fouant
JNCIE-SEC, JNCIE-SP, JNCIE-ER, JNCI
Technical Trainer, Juniper Networks

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On 10/20/2011 4:43 PM, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> At 09:13 19/10/2011 -0400, samuel.cunningham () wellsfargo com wrote:
> > We are considering using Prolexic to 'defend' our Internet-facing
> > network from DDOS attacks. Anyone have any known issues or word of
> > warnings before we proceed?
>
> Things to check:
>
> - DDOS service caps
> - outage remedy credits
> - service trial period
> - monitoring - you will want some external mutually agreeable monitoring
> service like gomez/compuware. Who pays for it?
>
> Regards,
> Hank