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I'd love to see a network infrastructure and transport protocol that's more resistant to many (D)DoS attacks, because it seems like things will only worsen if i

• apapli 10y ago
  Good luck. A DDoS is basically lots of traffic. Perhaps run IPX? (Joking)
  • wowaname 10y ago
    If application- and transmission-protocol-level DoS vectors are fixed, then you're left with just the raw "lots of traffic" volumetric attacks, which means your attacker has to have a lot of compromised hosts (or the right compromised hosts with lots of bandwidth). I'd say that's a reality that would be easier to handle, because you raised the bar from anyone who can develop or use a script and deploy to a few low-power systems, exploiting protocol shortcomings, to only those who have a bunch of higher-powered systems. The smaller hosting companies may still very well go out of the game if the problem worsens, even if most DoS venues do end up being mitigated. I don't know how I would respond to that as of this moment, but hopefully it doesn't have to come to that. It's already tough to find a decent hosting company in my experience.