full-disclosure - Re: Ubisoft DDoS

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Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:01:29 -0500
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To: Michal <michal@...ic.co.uk>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Ubisoft DDoS

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:24:44 GMT, Michal said:

> I've worked at huge online better company and they had network devices
> that worked to stop DDoS as we got hit quite a bit. I have to say they
> managed quite well, often we would only notice because we regularly
> checked the graphs over 24 hours periods. Other times the attacks had
> some successes but they worked well. Can't remember what they where
> called...think it was a company that ended up being bought by Cisco,
> though we did have cards in the 6500 routers to also help out with DDOS.

Oh, I didn't say they didn't exist.  There's some *really* nice gear for
DDoS mitigation available, if your budget is in the high 6 digits to 7 digits
range per year. Your average 6509 router is going to need some expensive
help surviving. ;)

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