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Originally Posted by Malrubius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Isn't there front-end hardware (or I suppose software) that will help block this stuff?

According the hosts website, they already employ it. From http://www.nocster.com/network.shtml

"The network is protected from Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks via Cisco Guard™ protection systems."

This brings to mind 2 points:

1) The CG appliance can run in two distinct modes, one of which requires specific user intervention in order to reroute the traffic when a DoS attack is detected. I've seen companies contract out the configuration of this appliance, then fail to read the post-setup documentation explaining the steps to actually use it when it's needed, essentially turning it into a several thousand dollar bottleneck.

2) How the heck is it not stopping this? I've seen those little machines kill absolutely brutal attacks in no time flat, which leads me to believe that the P1999 server is either outside of a configured zone or Nocster isn't real clear on how to set the machine up.

Oh, and the pictures there are kinda scary too. Looks like a bunch of PCs on aluminum shelving. I've got a couple of empty HP racks in my garage if they need any.