Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?

[Adrian Chadd <adrian () creative net au>]

Botnets are the symptom.

The real problem is people.



Adrian

On Wed, Dec 08, 2010, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
> On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> > Other than trying to hide your real address, what can be done to prevent DDOS in the first place.
>
>
> DDoS is just a symptom.  The problem is botnets.  
>
> Preventing hosts from becoming bots in the first place and taking down existing botnets is the only way to actually 
> *prevent* DDoS attacks.  Note that prevention is distinct from *defending* oneself against DDoS attacks.
>
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> Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com>
>
>              Sell your computer and buy a guitar.

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