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Re: Ransom DDoS attack - need help!


From: "Roland Dobbins" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:09:02 +0700

On 4 Dec 2015, at 9:34, alvin nanog wrote:

all that tcpdump jibberish

Is entirely unnecessary, as well as being completely impractical on a network of any size.

Reasonable network access policies for the entities under attack plus flow telemetry collection/analysis, S/RTBH, and/or flowspec are a good start, along with this:

<http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg03776.html>

This business of attempting to use packet captures for everything is the equivalent of your doctor attempting to diagnose the reason you're running a fever by using an electron microscope.

Start with the BCPs, then move to the macroanalytical. Only dip into the microanalytical when required, and even then, do so very selectively.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net>


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