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There is also almost certainly an authentication mechanism in place, even if you were to reverse engineer the API. You'd need a bunch of paid iCloud accounts to
by mariojv 5y ago
There is also almost certainly an authentication mechanism in place, even if you were to reverse engineer the API. You'd need a bunch of paid iCloud accounts to have a DDoS be at all feasible with this service.
Additionally, Cloudflare themselves, one of Apple's third party partners, offer DDoS protection services. Because they see all the exit traffic, they'd be able to detect the DDoS and block it.
- Ensorceled 5y agoThat's why this concern seemed weird to me; the exit nodes ARE the DDoS protection services. I can't see Cloudflare putting themselves in the position of needed to protect their clients from themselves ...
- gjsman-1000 5y agoOtherwise, by the poster’s logic, why hasn’t CloudFlare been a DDoS vector?