<div><div dir="auto">Use a DDoS mitigation provider such as Cloudflare. Anything else is like trying to put out a forest fire with a garden hose. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Matt</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 2:24 PM Divyendra Patil <<a href="mailto:dpatil3@stevens.edu">dpatil3@stevens.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><img width="0" height="0" class="m_-4250893571253823889mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/36c8efc6330477cc662f3544cb2c6c673a31fae3.png?u=1834443"><div></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">How does a SysAdmin face a DDoS attack on a system he is monitoring/looking over. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">An IDS/firewall can detect such stuff but what can a SysAdmin do to minimize the damage under heavy load?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Increasing Bandwidth, Load Sharing, redirecting the traffic or blocking a particular set of IP's is not a permanent solution to this problem.<br><br>Any thoughts on this professor, anyone?</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br>Also, for others like me who want to get into this profession:</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://simplercloud.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/what-do-system-administrators-do-all-day/" target="_blank">https://simplercloud.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/what-do-system-administrators-do-all-day/</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.paysa.com/blog/2016/12/05/the-essential-guide-to-becoming-a-systems-administrator/" target="_blank">https://www.paysa.com/blog/2016/12/05/the-essential-guide-to-becoming-a-systems-administrator/</a></font></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_-4250893571253823889gmail_signature"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">Thank You.<br>Divyendra Patil.</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2"><div style="display:inline">MS </div><div style="display:inline">Cyber Security<br><a href="https://github.com/DivyendraPatil/MS-Cyber-Security-Solutions/tree/master/CS%20615%20-%20System%20Administration/dpatil3-notes" target="_blank">Github 615A</a></div></font></div></div><div><div style="display:inline"><a href="http://divyendra.com" target="_blank"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif" size="2">http://divyendra.com</font></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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