[AusNOG] NBN must avoid becoming 'failed state'

[Dobbins, Roland]

On Sep 18, 2010, at 6:22 PM, Andrew Fort wrote:

> I'd like to see the NBNco talk about rate-limiting and other tactical
> measures (such as temporary ACLs, pushback-like approaches and so on),
> that can be triggered by RSPs via the API, as a way of rapidly
> reducing the economic value of the end hosts attached to the NBN for
> bot herders. 


S/RTBH, flowspec, quarantine, and similar capabilities are definitely called for, IMHO.  Along with the requisite visibility and situational awareness to know when to make use of such measures.

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