BGP Flowspec for DDoS Mitigation - Best Practices and Implementation

Learn about effective DDoS mitigation strategies through BGP Flowspec in this 33-minute NANOG conference talk presented by Justin Ryburn, Field CTO at Kentik. Explore the fundamentals of BGP Flowspec operations, understand its limitations, and discover best practices for implementing it as part of your DDoS defense strategy. Gain insights from Ryburn's 25 years of network operations experience as he addresses the persistent challenge of DDoS attacks and explains how to adapt defense mechanisms to counter evolving attacker tactics. Benefit from the expertise of an industry veteran who has authored "Day One: Deploying BGP FlowSpec" and contributed to "Cyber Forensics," while learning practical approaches to network security and observability.