The thread made it to both NetworkWorld: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/120910-wikileaks-ddos-attacks.html
and Slashdot: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/12/2120254/Has-Progress-Been-Made-In-Fighting-DDoS-Attacks with the usual set of comments :) -Lorand Jakab On 12/12/2010 08:58 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Aaron Glenn <aaron.gl...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Christopher Morrow >> <morrowc.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> verizon's ddos service was/is 3250/month flat... not extra if there >>> was some sort of incident, and completely self-service for the >>> customer(s). Is 3250/month a reasonable insurance against loss? >>> (40k/yr or there abouts) >> reasonable, but 'completely self-service' ? >> how much to have an engineer pump my gas for me (full service)? does >> that include a windshield wipe down, tire pressure and oil check (old >> timey full service extras)? > end customer sends the right community and mitigation happens... > remove the community it stops. no need to call someone and make it > happen, just have the NOC/etc at your network follow a simple > procedure. > > you are funny though :) (and I think you can call for free, 1-800 > number, and get an engineer to make things happen for you as well...) > > -Chris >