Trying to categorize all DDoS together is nonsense. The scale and type of the attack depend on the attacker's means and motivations. How would unixy.net have

Trying to categorize all DDoS together is nonsense. The scale and type of the attack depend on the attacker's means and motivations. How would unixy.net have blocked the following attack? http://www.csoonline.com/article/220336/how-a-bookmaker-and-a-whiz-kid-took-on-a-ddos-based-online-extortion-attack http://www.csoonline.com/article/220336/how-a-bookmaker-and-... DDoS attacks make the most sense for the attacker when they are an extortion attempt. The economics works in favor of the attacker. It costs the site dearly to be down, and they set a price that makes sense based on your site. Unfortunately, you may not hear about a lot of these attacks, and the attacker is never found or can't be arrested. unixy.net sells DDoS insurance. You never know if the insurance policy was worth the monthly payments until an attack happens. Note: I've never used unixy.net and can't speak to their effectiveness, but I don't like how they grossly oversimplify a complex problem