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> It's not a self ddos Maybe not > if twitter isn't going down I disagree. Ddos is a type of attack, not the result of an attack. If they're hitting their se
by hn92726819 3y ago
> It's not a self ddos
Maybe not
> if twitter isn't going down
I disagree. Ddos is a type of attack, not the result of an attack. If they're hitting their services way too many times in a distributed fashion, it's a ddos regardless of how it was handled.
Similarly, would you say this[0] wasn't a ddos because it was mitigated? I think not.
[0] https://blog.cloudflare.com/26m-rps-ddos/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/26m-rps-ddos/
- charcircuit 3y agoSelf ddos is more fuzzy because there is no intent. If I wget all pages from a site's site map is that a dos? If it was architecture to handle that kind If load the site would be unaffected and if wasn't it could potentially cause availability problems. If after starting my download script I noticed the server couldn't handle my requests then I would recognize I am dosing them.
- hn92726819 3y ago> more fuzzy because there is no intent I agree. DoS is an attack, so without intent it is fuzzy. But I think it is pretty descriptive, so it's okay. I know exactly what self-ddos means instantly (flooding your own service, without malicious intent). I think it's kind of a limitation with English or the term ddos. If it really is only used it for intent to attack, it becomes less useful of a word IMO.