RFC 5635 · INFORMATIONAL · 2009

Remote Triggered Black Hole Filtering with Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding

Overview

RFC 5635, “Remote Triggered Black Hole Filtering with Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding”, is an Informational document published in August 2009 by W. Kumari, D. McPherson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Remote Triggered Black Hole (RTBH) filtering is a popular and effective technique for the mitigation of denial-of-service attacks. This document expands upon destination-based RTBH filtering by outlining a method to enable filtering by source address as well. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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