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To be fair, they can do that just fine regardless of whether you’re running externally-available services. Most untargeted, low-effort DDoS relies on filling up
by Nextgrid 4y ago
To be fair, they can do that just fine regardless of whether you’re running externally-available services. Most untargeted, low-effort DDoS relies on filling up all your bandwidth with spam traffic, not exploiting some layer-7 vulnerability in an application you host.
- charcircuit 4y agoWho does untargetted layer 3/4 DDoS? Why would an attacker waste money booting a website that gets 0 visitors?
- dijit 4y agoBy "untargetted" the parent almost certainly means "not tailored to take down the site". Some people do smart things and find a page that is heavy for your computer to process and hit it a lot. Some people decide they don't like your service (or you) and flood you.