From bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com Fri Jul 6 02:36:06 2018 From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com To: cypherpunks-legacy@lists.cpunks.org Subject: Re: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet? Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:36:06 +0000 Message-ID: <172289076274.3849117.7965195219862947030.generated@mail.pglaf.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2307989662427189711==" --===============2307989662427189711== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable actually, botnets are an artifact. claiming that the tool is the problem might be a bit short sighted. with the evolution of Internet technologies (IoT) i suspect botnet-like structures to become much more prevelent and=20 useful for things other than coordinated attacks. just another PoV. --bill On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 04:46:13AM +0000, Dobbins, Roland wrote: >=20 > On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:26 AM, Sean Donelan wrote: >=20 > > Other than trying to hide your real address, what can be done to prevent = DDOS in the first place. >=20 >=20 > DDoS is just a symptom. The problem is botnets. =20 >=20 > Preventing hosts from becoming bots in the first place and taking down exis= ting botnets is the only way to actually *prevent* DDoS attacks. Note that p= revention is distinct from *defending* oneself against DDoS attacks. >=20 > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Roland Dobbins // >=20 > Sell your computer and buy a guitar. >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 ----- End forwarded message ----- --=20 Eugen* Leitl leitl http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE --===============2307989662427189711==--