@techreport{reddy-dots-info-model-00, number = {draft-reddy-dots-info-model-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-reddy-dots-info-model/00/}, author = {Tirumaleswar Reddy.K and Prashanth Patil and Mike Geller and Dan Wing and Sandeep Rao and Mohamed Boucadair}, title = {{Information Model for DDoS Open Threat Signaling (DOTS)}}, pagetotal = 11, year = 2015, month = jun, day = 29, abstract = {This document discusses the need and the mechanisms to dynamically update configuration of network monitoring devices to help identify distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in a network. Once an attack is signalled by a client or detected locally, provisioning cycles are triggered to program a set of network elements to undertake appropriate actions (including, blackhole, drop, rate- limit, or add to watch list) on the suspect traffic.}, }