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Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?

Subject: Over a decade of DDOS--any progress yet?
From: rdobbins at arbor.net (Dobbins, Roland)
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 04:46:13 +0000
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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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