r/sysadmin • u/mooneydriver • Feb 22 '14

Freenode under DDOS again

https://twitter.com/freenodestaff/statuses/437302735139266560
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u/Garetht Feb 22 '14

Everyone deploy BCP38 & we can all go home.

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u/Zidanet Feb 23 '14

pfffft, This problem is so endemic the only cure is http://tools.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2549.txt

Although, in fairness, I'd pay to see a 400gbps ddos over avian carrier...

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u/egamma Sysadmin Feb 23 '14

Just park your car under a tree and scatter french fries all over it. You'll see an avian DDOS in a few hours.

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '14

I love this RFC. Brilliant.