[AusNOG] NBN must avoid becoming 'failed state'

[Dobbins, Roland]

On Sep 18, 2010, at 6:09 PM, David Hughes wrote:

> So I stand by my autobahn analogy.  The problem has always existed.  But at higher speeds it just more dramatic (or a dramatic outcome is much easier to achieve).

Absolutely.  And note the disproportionate impact of low-speed, unsophisticated attacks already have (see last year's RoK/USA DDoS preso at AusNOG-03), and we see the current gross imbalance between attackers and most defenders increase even more dramatically in favor of the attackers.

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