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Andrew McConachie

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Anti-Spoofing, BCP 38, and the Tragedy of the Commons

Related Topics: Cybersecurity,  DDoS Attack,  Internet Governance,  Threat Intelligence,

In the seminal 1968 paper "The Tragedy of the Commons" , Garrett Hardin introduced the world to an idea which eventually grew into a household phrase. In this blog article I will explore whether Hardin's tragedy applies to anti-spoofing and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the Internet, or not... Hardin was a biologist and ecologist by trade, so he explains "The Tragedy of the Commons" using a field, cattle and herdsmen. more

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Anti-Spoofing, BCP 38, and the Tragedy of the Commons

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