Comments on: DDoS & Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report http://ddos.arbornetworks.com/2007/05/ddos-symantecs-internet-security-threat-report/ A weblog dedicated to educating the community on security threats that matter Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:23:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: BelchSpeak http://ddos.arbornetworks.com/2007/05/ddos-symantecs-internet-security-threat-report/comment-page-1/#comment-22471 BelchSpeak Tue, 29 May 2007 15:57:27 +0000 http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2007/05/ddos-symantecs-internet-security-threat-report/#comment-22471 Great analysis on how Symantec detects their DDoS attacks. You are exactly right. I was involved in working with those very reports when they first came out. But for the Symantec employee to leap logically on a blog to say that the decrease in DDoS was attributable to profitability in a specific internet attack is preposterous. Any number of better conclusions could have been reached. Also, never forget that the whole point behind the Symantec IST is the marketing campaign behind it. The IST is not about reporting the facts- its about selling Symantec products and services. This is one of the reasons I enjoy this arbor blog so much. Great analysis on how Symantec detects their DDoS attacks. You are exactly right. I was involved in working with those very reports when they first came out.

But for the Symantec employee to leap logically on a blog to say that the decrease in DDoS was attributable to profitability in a specific internet attack is preposterous. Any number of better conclusions could have been reached.

Also, never forget that the whole point behind the Symantec IST is the marketing campaign behind it. The IST is not about reporting the facts- its about selling Symantec products and services.

This is one of the reasons I enjoy this arbor blog so much.

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