DDoS defences in the terabit era: Attack trends, carpet bombing
Guest Post: Steinthor Bjarnason discusses recent DDoS trends, and details carpet bombing attacks and how to mitigate them.
Tag: DDoS
RIPE 77: DDoS defence, zombie routes, machine learning and more
Here are a few moments I’ve captured from the first two days of the RIPE 77 meeting happening this week.
Honeypot-based monitoring of amplification DDoS attacks
Guest Post: The SISSDEN project operates a network of honeypots that detect on average around 10,000 amplification DDoS attacks per day.
The DDoS threat landscape in 2017
Guest Post: Volumetric DDoS attacks have scaled back a bit in sheer size, but continue to increase in frequency.
Understanding the facts of memcached amplification attacks
Guest Post: Be prepared! Get to know the facts about amplification DDoS attacks.
Helping resolvers to help the DNS
Relatively minor changes to recursive resolvers could make a significant difference to the operation of the DNS as a whole.
DDoS and the DNS
We don’t have to accept that the DNS has to be a victim of DDoS attacks.
DNS root server resilience: a smarter way
APNIC is supporting ISC to incorporate code changes to BIND, its open source DNS software, to help reduce the load on DNS root servers.
Open resolvers on IPv6: not as hidden as you think
Guest Post: New research shows that network operators cannot simply rely on the size of the IPv6 address space to hide open DNS resolvers.
Event Wrap: BKNIX Peering Forum
APNIC participated at the second BKNIX Peering Forum in Bangkok, Thailand, from 16 to 17 May 2017.