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I know DDOS is a difficult problem to solve, but I think using the cloud to out-scale your attacker doesn't solve the problem, it just increases the cost of it.
by netmau5 16y ago
I know DDOS is a difficult problem to solve, but I think using the cloud to out-scale your attacker doesn't solve the problem, it just increases the cost of it. The obvious solution for the bad guys (not gonna call them hackers, can't call them crackers can I?) is to use the cloud too. Generating an HTTP request is even cheaper than serving static content on a CDN.
- ceejayoz 16y ago> The obvious solution for the bad guys (not gonna call them hackers, can't call them crackers can I?) is to use the cloud too. I'd say a botnet already qualifies as "the cloud". Why pay Amazon when you can get a million desktop machines doing it for free?
- stcredzero 16y agoAt college, we were already talking about "the cloud" in 1990. That's a long time before AWS was even a twinkle in anyone's eye.