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Originally Posted by FlowerKid
Sorry to say, but there isn't such a thing as a 'permanent fix' against a DDoS attack. Your technical guys tell you storys...
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Good point, FK. You are right. Nothing is permanent. But there are many things that go on in the background that lead us to a permanent solution. The biggest is that every time the attacker changes we change with him. As a general rule he will get tired and move onto easier prey. Another is that we try to isolate the target of the attack so that an attack on one target cannot affect others on the network. And still another is that we find that very unique signature (kind of like a bombmaker has that allows Criminalists to track him down) that will allow us to filter out the attack using a a signature that he did not even know he has...a "tell" if you are poker player. Most attackers have them, it just takes a little longer to find them.
Again, we do not claim to be DDoS experts. On the contrary, we know when we are out of our league. This is why we have contracts with two Mitigation Firms that can come to our rescue when we need it. We pay them very good money to help and they are pretty good at their job.
Hopefully we are done for the night on this one but we will be monitoring it just in case.
--T