[dns-operations] CloudShield advices against dDoS

[Dmitry Burkov]

On Feb 21, 2013, at 1:02 AM, Mike Hoskins (michoski) wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: Joe Abley <jabley at hopcount.ca>
> Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:03 PM
> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr>
> Cc: DNS Operations List <dns-operations at lists.dns-oarc.net>
> Subject: Re: [dns-operations] CloudShield advices against dDoS
> 
>> 
>> On 2013-02-20, at 12:46, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr> wrote:
>> 
>>> http://www.cloudshield.com/applications/dns-control-traffic-load.asp
>> 
>> I think this particular "information security professional with more than
>> 16 years of experience" is a bit confused. I tried hard to find something
>> in there I agreed with, but I failed.
> 
> While we're trolling...  since when do information security professionals
> agree?  ;-)
> 

No trolling at all - but there are no updates to this old patented solution for a years

And it is hard to estimate software evolution


> (I'm hoping the usenet standard of including a smiley still implies
> tongue-in-cheek in the twitter age...)
> 
> Personally, stepping back from the technology a bit, I'd be wary of any
> professional who makes statements such as, "You can do everything
> right..."  Really?  Are you $DIETY?  Did they even do everything right?
> **looks around**
> 
> Years of experience in any discipline typically teaches you about
> pragmatism and incremental refinement.  One size does not fit all.  When I
> read the intro, I prepared myself for soapboxing and had to fight very
> hard not to gloss over the conveniently succinct 3-point plan to
> perfection.
> 
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