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> why are we not doing the same thing against DoS attackers? The first D in DDoS stands for "distributed", meaning it comes from multiple different origins, us
by diggan 2y ago
> why are we not doing the same thing against DoS attackers?
The first D in DDoS stands for "distributed", meaning it comes from multiple different origins, usually hacked devices. If we start throwing off every compromised network, we'd only have a few (secure) networks left. Probably network equipment vendors would quickly have to redo their security so it actually protects people.
So yeah, good question.
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