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Calling this "the elephant in the room" is very insightful. It surprises me that AWS is so often recommended as the best choice for new businesses without large
by mixedbit 10y ago
Calling this "the elephant in the room" is very insightful. It surprises me that AWS is so often recommended as the best choice for new businesses without large capital. AWS automatically scalable infrastructure changes DoS outcomes from 'your server is down due to DoS', to 'your company is out of business due to DoS' (and for small company it doesn't even need to be a large DDoS, shell script on a single machine with decent link can generate substantial AWS cost).
- ljf 10y agoI've seen people state, in comments here and in blog posts, about DDoS attacks and also the resulting charge from Amazon - but in every case that I've seen the person goes on to say 'after talking with Amazon they dropped this charge'. Do you have any examples of companies or individuals being help liable by Amazon for these costs? Totally prepared to accept I'm wrong, just going on my experience so far.
- Hupriene 10y agoUnless there is a contractual guarantee somewhere, that's not something I like to bet my company on.
- jerguismi 10y ago> but in every case that I've seen the person goes on to say 'after talking with Amazon they dropped this charge'. Negotiating the bill afterwards is an experience most people want to avoid, I think. I guess many would prefer a service where they don't receive the huge bill to begin with, even with other downsides.