New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps

Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by ssharp on Friday September 30, 2016 @11:01AM (#12612844)

Are there consumer routers (that are relatively easy to use) that can alert you or shut down a device, when all of a sudden your thermostat is making tons of network requests?

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Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by kijin on Friday September 30, 2016 @11:09AM (#12612892)

There are routers that can control how much data a given downstream device can transfer in a given time, shut them down entirely during certain times of day, etc.

But then I'd guess the crooks will just compromise the router itself.

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Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by manarth on Friday September 30, 2016 @11:52AM (#12613192)

And the average IOT user is unlikely to understand the security implications and correctly configure the router.

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Re:New DDoS Attack record 1.5+ Tbps by catdog on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:26PM (#12613451)

We first need consumer routers which are not themselves that device on a regular basis before we can think of detecting misbehavior in other devices.

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