>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:30:26 +0200 (CEST)
>From: "Henk Uijterwaal (RIPE-NCC)" <henk(a)ripe.net>
>
>> I guess one of the major concerns of this WG could/should be the
>> coordinated fight against (D)DoS attacks, which are attaining scaring
>> quality and efficiency those days.
>
>Probably, this is a mixture of technical stuff and dealing with (ab)users
>of the infrastructure. In the latter case, this is more a "user level
>security" issue that belongs in Anti-Spam.
Dear Henk,
security issues will _always_ have to do with abusers, otherwise you
won't need security ;-} And I won't play down DDoS as a "user level
security" issue any longer because the used techniques are powerful
enough to abuse and turn out significant parts of the Internet
infrastructure, for some time at least.
>However, it is definitely something to be discussed somewhere, so let's
>put it on the to-do list for the group and decide later.
It's no longer a matter for discussion and deciding later, it's a matter
which should be raised to the highest possible awareness, also in the
RIPE region, IMHO. And it's definitly a matter for co-ordinated
efforts, any input and complements from other groups should be
appreciated and advertised, of course.
Thanks for the charter, which is apparently wide enough for dealing
with most aspects DDoS attacks.
CP
