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> They can't really be blamed for a DOS attack. That doesn't really hold when their competitors have teams of engineers working on DDoS mitigations and success

by delroth 10y ago

> They can't really be blamed for a DOS attack. That doesn't really hold when their competitors have teams of engineers working on DDoS mitigations and successfully handle most of these attacks. Falling to a DoS is a technical failure just like other causes of outages.

corford 10y ago
A ~1 hour response time from identifying to mitigating the DDoS isn't exactly bad. I'd say their engineers did a pretty good job.
- leblancfg 10y ago
  Security really isn't my strong suit, but isn't it standard practice to automate DDoS mitigation strategies?
  - corford 10y ago
    Depends on the type and size of the DDoS and where on the network path it's hitting.
  - abpavel 10y ago
    DoS is a threat from identifiable source, like Russia. DDoS looks just like normal users, like terrorist sleeping cells.