Re: Dyn DDoS this AM?

[Brett Frankenberger <rbf+nanog () panix com>]

On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 05:11:34PM -0700, Crist Clark wrote:
> Given the scale of these attacks, whether having two providers does any
> good may be a crap shoot.
>
> That is, what if the target happens to share the same providers you do?
> Given the whole asymmetry of resources that make this a problem in the
> first place, the attackers probably have the resources to take out multiple
> providers.
>
> Having multiple providers may reduce your chance of being collateral damage
> (and I'd also still worry more about the more mundane risks of a single
> provider, maintenance or upgrade gone bad, business risks, etc., than these
> sensational ones), but multiple providers likely won't save you if you are
> the actual target of the attack.

Good, perfect, enemy, etc.

How many sites were down today?  How many were the intended target?

     -- Brett