On 8 Dec 2010, at 15:40, Dobbins, Roland wrote: > On Dec 8, 2010, at 10:36 PM, Thomas Mangin wrote: > >> If you are a smaller network, you need the filtering to be performed by your >> transit provider, as your uplink will otherwise be congested. > > Actually, most DDoS attacks aren't link-flooding attacks - this hasn't been > true for the last ~7 years or so. > > I'm not saying it doesn't happen, because it does, and sometimes quite > spectacularly - but in most cases, the attackers don't have to flood the link > to achieve their desired goal.
Fair point. I never had to face any intelligent type of DDOS ... lucky me :) Thomas
