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But then DDOS providers give away their IP addresses and traffic to Cloudflare, which can be valuable data.
by dzhiurgis 5y ago
But then DDOS providers give away their IP addresses and traffic to Cloudflare, which can be valuable data.
- wpietri 5y agoThat doesn't sound very plausible to me. Your theory is that there are criminal gangs sophisticated enough to create large DDOS attacks but so clueless that won't use a cheap virtual server and a VPN when setting up their public intake?
- wpietri 5y agoAnd even if it worked for Cloudflare, it's not like they're shutting down the DDOS services they're tracking. The services could still go out and attack non-Cloudflare customers. So even if you were right, it wouldn't be exculpatory.