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Pardon my ignorance but is there really nothing that can be done to escape DDOS attacks other than simply buying more bandwidth? What stops a criminal entity or
by lhnz 16y ago
Pardon my ignorance but is there really nothing that can be done to escape DDOS attacks other than simply buying more bandwidth? What stops a criminal entity or government with enough resources from upping the size of the attack even more and prolonging it for months or even years?
- nkassis 16y agoNothing... that I can think off. DDOS attacks are horrible for exactly this reason, if you can find the source and kill it as close to home as possible than you have a chance but other than that, wikileaks is in a really bad position right now.
- cosmicray 16y agoYou could distribute it via a torrent ... oh, wait. Am I the only one that wonders if there is a casual connection between shutting down the torrent trackers, WikiLeaks releasing the diplomatic cables, and the DDoS against WikiLeaks ?