On 12/13/2010 8:32 AM, Jared Mauch wrote:
Or just buy a gig-e from cogent at 3$/meg/mo (or is it $4 this month?) to burn for ddos.
*cough* 10G burstable with 1-2G commit. Still cheaper than anything else I have or can get, and more likely to handle those large DDOS cases, where you can just reroute the effected network through the 10G and mitigate with whatever hardware you have.
Of course everyone is willing to sell you a seven-figure "solution" for your problems, but once you actually start talking about the usability, ease of provisioning, and the customer education about the caveats most people start to glaze quickly.
Even with the right gear, technology, etc.. the vendors don't make it easy to deliver these solutions.
True, but they often will dedicate some time and effort during an attack to make things work. There are many in-house custom solutions you can use, and we've seen public blacklists use many of them over the years. If you want the extra support during the crisis, you pay the 3rd party for their product to get it. Jack