The problem is often it's not that easy to block the traffic. In case of DNS amplification you maybe able to block some DNS servers (there's a list of them which can be used for amplification). But if the attackers rented a botnet, then the packets can come from everywhere.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 7:07 AM, Drew from Zhrodague < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2/18/15 1:06 AM, Jack Coats wrote: > >> My suggestion is basically 'all of the above'. >> --------------------- >> Set up with cloudflare, update DNS to point to cloud flare, get new IP's >> and point cloud flare to it. >> Also notify CERT and FBI. >> > > Luckily, Pittsburgh, where I now live, has the NCFTA, which is > related in some way to the FBI. Nice guys down there. > > An easy solution to being DDOS'd, is to call your upstream > provider, and ask them nicely to block the offending traffic. This worked > great for me inside AWS when we pissed off a bunch of kids, and they tried > to shut us down. One phone call, and they blocked that traffic at their > border routers. > > > -- > > Drew from Zhrodague > post-apocalyptic ad-hoc industrialist > [email protected] > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ > group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
