[asterisk-security] Asterisk and DoS attack: What has been done so far?

[Tim Panton]

On 30 Jan 2008, at 16:25, Duane wrote:

> Jeremy Jackson wrote:
>
>> To be clear, I believe the DDoS issues can only be addressed at the
>> Autonomous System level, which is typically an ISP or large hosting
>> company.
>
> Yes, but for some reason no one with the sort of thump needed seems to
> care enough about fixing the problem or pressuring those that can to  
> do
> something about it. I would have thought that all the white noise  
> would
> have made (pick your favourite govt spy agency)'s job harder and they
> would have done something about the problem by now.
>
> Why didn't past DoS/amplification attacks make this problem get fixed?

It is hard, the gain isn't (yet) worth the price.