Timeline for DDoS: Why not block originating IP addresses?
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| Oct 22, 2016 at 15:31 | comment | added | gowenfawr | @immibis it is true that this will not help with non-spoofed addresses; however, spoofed addresses are also used in botnet-sourced attacks... why should the attackers make it easy for the defenders to map the botnet, if it's possible to spoof (e.g., with UDP attacks)? | |
| Oct 22, 2016 at 10:57 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | Doesn't help much with botnets, of course, since then you have lots of real source addresses. | |
| Oct 22, 2016 at 2:05 | history | answered | gowenfawr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |