On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Hague, Alex wrote: > > This link outlines a basic strategy > http://arstechnica.com/reviews/2q00/networking/networking-4.html#ddos Hi Alex, Cool, thanks. > This is still a long way off and would need to be adopted by companies like > Cisco etc. Somehow I don't see that happening anytime soon. Would Cisco, Bay Networks etc. adopt it when it has matured and is ready for market? > While I'm at it, here's my bit on the XP side of things. IP address spoofing > will never become a big problem as ISP's can implement egress filtering. > This would mean that you'd always at least know the ISP of the spoofer. The > biggest problem will still remain the same - getting ISP's to cooperate with > people under attack. Why are ISPs so uncooperative? Isn't it in *their* best interest as well to limit needless bandwidth on their networks? SDG, Zach uram@cmu.edu "Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have faith." - John 20:29 - [To unsubscribe, send mail to majordomo@lists.gnac.net with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]