[AusNOG] NBN must avoid becoming 'failed state'

[Dobbins, Roland]

On Sep 19, 2010, at 5:08 PM, "Mark Smith" <nanog at 85d5b20a518b8f6864949bd940457dc124746ddc.nosense.org> wrote:

> This discussion seems to be based on the premise that only the access network speed is going to be upgraded

Adding network capacity on the receiving end doesn't help mitigate DDoS attacks, if that's the implication - for all practical purposes, the attackers have near-infinite bandwidth at their disposal (i.e., more than the defenders).