13 Dec
2010
13 Dec
'10
10:11 a.m.
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com> wrote:
I'm certain there are thresholds to that. Carrier grade mitigation solutions will start low and ramp up to 5, 6, 7, etc. figures depending on the attack and amount of bandwidth to be filtered among other variables.
My point was, if you "mitigate" the attack vs. null routing the target you have to pay for the transit that the attack consumes between your network and the upstream network(s).
so... with a carrier managed solution (or the one ATT/Sprint/VZB sold) the transit of the attack happens inside their networks and isn't charged to the end-customer (the destination, obviously contributing customers get charged :) ) -chris