Botnets are the symptom. The real problem is people. Adrian On Wed, Dec 08, 2010, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
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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